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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: Win Smith who wrote (116688)7/27/2009 2:28:13 PM
From: Murrey Walker  Read Replies (1) of 542809
 
In a nutshell, it's sometimes hard to distinguish "defensive medicine" from not leaving any money on the table.

The businessman that leaves money on the table won't stay in business that long. You and I know that. And as the article points out, this situation exists.

I do think the story gives too much credit to the likelihood that physicians are businessmen. I know this is anecdotal, but I have many personal friends that are "professionals" and of the group, maybe one could be called a businessman. IMO physicians are artists to begin with and anything that happens outside their sphere of work is pure serendipity.

While I favor eliminating the fee based system, most physicians don't own the physical plant and those tests that come out of them.

Defensive medicine then becomes the byproduct of hospitals, insurance companies, and equipment/pharma manufacturers. I personally think the largest area of abuse is found here.

One thing I know, is that the more I discuss these issues online and with others, the more I realize that, to enact sweeping changes in a short window of time could be disastrous!

And because our congress and executive branch is so caught up in political theater, that disaster is what we'll get.
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