Licensing quietly settles who can treat you, who pays, and where a complaint goes. Here is how to tell the license from the certificate before the first appointment.
The order matters considerably more than the effort, and two of the steps take under a minute each. Almost all of the eventual cost is set before lunchtime.
A complaint lands in a queue in front of somebody with a script and limited authority. Knowing what that person can and cannot do changes how you write it.
Exclusions read like a list of ways to be turned down. Most of them exist because the risk they name behaves in a way ordinary insurance cannot absorb.