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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (5923)2/4/2009 4:21:30 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 42652
 
The institute would have the authority to make official determinations of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of medical treatments, procedures, drugs, and medical devices.

I had blood drawn last Friday. Before they would take my blood, I had to sign a form saying I understood that Medicare would not pay for my lipid and thyroid tests. It seems the problem is that I'm getting them done only five months after the last ones. I've been fiddling with diet and supplements and had a pretty drastic change in weight so it seems reasonable to get some feedback on their effects to make sure I'm headed in the right direction. My blood glucose has dropped significantly (I can test that myself) and I expect the others to be affected as well. But Medicare in its infinite wisdom apparently doesn't see the value in that.

Blood tests are relatively small thing. But extrapolating from that to more expensive and serious procedures, the imposition of government standards gets scary due to the conflict of interest, particularly for those not in a position to supplement what Medicare pays. And even more particularly in systems like the British that don't allow private supplementation by those who can afford it.
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