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To: SilentZ who wrote (220838)	2/25/2005 10:57:49 AM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573092

The doctor is not supposed to prescribe unnecessary treatment. Social Security does not reimburse doctors fairly. Doctors have learned to maximize reimbursements by performing peripheral tests. The technique once learned, may be applied to other insurance carriers. Rampant fraudulent insurance malpractice has forced doctors into practicing defensively. This forces additional testing which inflates medical costs. Change the law so the loser pays the winners legal fees and cap judgements. This should discourage many frivolous suits. Force medicare to pay at least the minimum paid my any other form of insurance and doctors will learn they don't have to game the system.

To: SilentZ who wrote (220838)	3/1/2005 10:45:40 PM
From: Joe NYC	Respond to of 1573092

Z, The doctor is not supposed to prescribe unnecessary treatment. Many do. I have heard of an extreme case of doctor who performed pregnancy test, said it was positive, offered to do abortion on the spot, the woman declined to do it right away and later found out she was not pregnant. There are much more benign cases, and there are of course cases of patient demanding "care" or spending. If doctor says "no", and later it is found out that there was some problem after all, imagine the law suit. The doctor has all the incentives to prescribe / perform treatment, necessary or not. Joe