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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Alastair McIntosh who wrote (7775)	7/25/2009 1:59:43 PM
From: skinowski	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

Such "evidence" may be subtle. In part, it has become the standard way of practicing. When a person being treated in an ER mentions a headache, this person gets a CT scan. In most cases those scans are not needed. That's an example of defensive medicine. It will not be counted by government "researchers". I have a hard time believing that malpractice, even in more direct costs, is only 2%. Tell this to GYN's who walk away from obstetrics because their premiums go into 100's of thousands.