BC Advantage - 2023 Issue 10

Emotional Support Animals

An Emotional Support Animal (ESA) is a pet, prescribed by a licensed provider to a patient for their mental health, which provides emotional support to the individual. ESAs can be different types of pets, most commonly dogs and cats, and any age or breed. What they all have in common is they comfort their owners with companionship and improve their quality of life. Emotional support animals are now a big business, and medical billing has latched onto its coat tails. I have seen many advertisements for various ESA opportunities, and on one site I searched for an ESA...

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