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Originally Posted by Excaliber
My position on fraud remains unchanged, I fear you are grossly under estimating it. In addition I believe waste is also grossly under estimated. To many legal, ethical and PAYABLE procedures are performed because hospitals and doctors feel the need based on CYA more than patient need. Tort reform would go along way toward getting a handle on it. Perhaps you are to close to the forest to see the tree's on that issue...
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I eat, drink, and sleep medical issues 10 hrs/day, 6 days a week. Listen to my patients complain not only about healthcare they receive, limited by their insurance companies ( esp W.Comp) and by other providers and healthcare systems, but also about their socio-economic issues that impact their medical care. I prescribe generic as well as brand name drugs (usually with coupon cards) all the time, 200-300 prescriptions/day. I watch as well as sometimes play in the politics of healthcare systems (i.e. money). I think I have a pretty good picture of what goes on, behind the headlights if you say so. Although there is some money to be saved from not ordering cya tests/labs, I and I know alot of other doctor's donlt practice that way. What is much more of a problem is the frivilous lawsuit crap. Just today, an ex patient of mine threatened to sue me because I discharged her out of my clinic, to a rehab center, because she tested positive for THC and Cocaine use, when she obvioulsy wasn't supposed to be using illegal drugs. If she does file a claim against me, then I got to pay for my defense, and she never has anything to lose. What BS.
If you take the opinion that anything ever spewed out of a politician is first propoganda, unless later proven otherwise, you will probably have a better understanding of what really is going on.