I think this is a case of small help coming across as worse than no help, even though rationally that's not true. Like if I ask you to write a quick script that'll take a half hour... offering you $5 may be worse than just asking it as a favor.

I'm sure their heart is in the right place and offering mental health coverage is a good thing, it's just the number causes a double-take.

They are paying the COBRA. So this goes toward copays and hitting deductible. Assuming their health coverage is good (why wouldn't it be, it's a San Fran tech company?), this gets you pretty far.

It’s like one private pay visit at a really good clinic. They can then help guide you somewhere that’s covered by insurance. Mental health is full of quackery so best start at a top notch place

To clarify why it bothers me: It tries to tell a story of "we as a company care about you", but at least in my experience, health care plans cover less than $100 per session, and in the SF Bay Area you easily pay $200+ per session for mental health professionals (as they are often out of network).

Maybe Apollo's health care plan has much better out of network coverage than what I'm familiar with, in which case I stand corrected (and agreed that its good to help cover copays, if this is what this actually does).

You nailed it!