Well just check how much an average SLP charges per hour individually (around $160) or in a group (around $60). Then calculate how many hours someone will require to attend until progress is sufficient or they give up. Say the attend on average once a week for 1 hour for two years, which is roughly what slps recommended. That's either around $16640 solo or $6240 group. This is the minimum amount of time slps recommend (im sure slps can tune in and give more exact timelines). So really it can be much higher. Sure some governments subsidize this, but governments also subsidize things like the McGuire Programme (in Australia anyway). And the McGuire Programme offers scholarships all over the world as well. Plus in my experience Traditionally Speech for adults is useless and a waste of time, energy and money. Why do you think people seek alternatives like the McGuire Programme? So yes, $2000 is cheap in comparison and the value you get is worth much more. Yes, unfortunately for some that's not feasible, but that's the world we live in, organizations need to pay for services, costs of which go to the customers.