Insurance Companies are beginning to reimburse for vagus nerve stimulation therapy for depression. Insurance companies are giant bureacracies who have layers of people to whose only job is to say "no".

Reimbursement decisions are being made on a case-by-by case basis. According to the manufacturer of the vagus nerve stimulator "the first 90 days of the planned year-long launch of this medical device, the numbers of physicians and patients actively pursuing VNS Therapy more than doubled,