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Politics : A US National Health Care System?

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To: Lane3 who wrote (16928)	4/16/2010 9:59:59 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) of 42652

Cardiac stenting and bypasses, with all their side effects, have become popular partly because people believe they reduce heart attacks. For many patients, the evidence suggests, that’s not true. What is a person going to do? He's engaged a cardiologist to determine what is wrong with him and what to do about it. The cardiologist says, "Well, I think you need a stent". Do you just say, "Oh, well, I appreciate everything you've done but I'm not going to take your advice"? What's the point of spending the $10K to get diagnosed? I'm currently engaged in this process myself -- as yet undiagnosed. And I've been thinking about whether I will resist the recommendation for a stent or surgery or even more/different medication. It is a pretty hard rationalization for me to make. As a young CPA I commonly had people come to me for tax advice, then totally ignore it at their own peril. I'm sure cardiologists look at such people the same way I did -- "Why the hell did you ask, then?"

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