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Comment on FTC: BetterHelp pushed people into handing over health information

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A couple of months ago someone was on here announcing their healthcare-but-not-healthcare startup for ADHD [1]. This is a great example of why not to trust these services. Relationship with your provider is extremely important when it comes to mental health services, and outsourcing that to a gig economy website is a horrible idea. Of course once they have a trove of personal information they’re going to be tempted to monetize it.

1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37252231

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