Seeing a psychologist on Medicare? Soon you'll be back to 10 sessions. But we know that's not often enough

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From January 1 the number of psychology sessions covered by Medicare will be reduced to ten per year, down from the 20 the government has been subsidising during the pandemic.

But we know ten is not enough sessions for many mental health issues, and is an arbitrary number that may not reduce costs in the long run.