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The Billing Code for Ego Death

When enlightenment becomes a line item on your insurance claim.

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A Z Mackay
Apr 24, 2024
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The American Medical Association is pricing transcendence. Not metaphorically. Literally. In a windowless office, someone is assigning a CPT code to consciousness dissolution, determining how much insurance should pay for a pharmaceutical-grade mystical experience. The going rate will land between a root canal and an MRI, which tells you everything abou…

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