She confessed her worries to her therapist: her marriage, her finances, and self-esteem. Therapists are legally and ethically bound to confidentiality, but two years later, a transcript of every word typed to her psychologist using the app Talkspace was produced in court by her former employer.

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    Flagstaff said it quite well, but the entire US healthcare market is being replaced by a for-profit Wellness industry with no protections

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      The healthcare Market has gotten to corrupted by insurance to function correctly, Wellness is taking over as a replacement like an opportunistic infection. Unfortunately there are no standards so this isn’t really a viable option and they’re basically scamming desperate people with snake oil, but that’s what happens when your Healthcare System decays into dysfunction

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        Wellness tech, including hardware applications and websites, are relatively new compared to the (technically regulated) for-profit medicine industry.