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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (129073)	1/23/2010 1:48:21 PM
From: Jeff Hayden	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542043

I'm on Medicare. I've had 2 colonoscopies, good so far, at a local gastroenterology clinic. Medicare is fine paying for them and they do better at the inspections because that's what they concentrate on. I don't think there is any law against having checks done at a clinic. I expect the clinics do have to be approved by Medicare.

To: Mary Cluney who wrote (129073)	1/23/2010 2:31:06 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542043

>>If you know what you are doing, you probably could even get brain surgery at super bargain basement prices somewhere. But as public policy goes, it is more likely shopping for bargain surgery would cause more problems and cause higher costs because of complications<< Mary, that's a weird response. I was only letting you know that my surgeon performs colonoscopies in a clinic setting because that costs the patient less, despite the fact that she is affiliated with Cedars Sinai and has operating priviliges there. I never suggested that people should seek low-cost surgeons or bargain basement clinics for all procedures, nor that the government should mandate that. - Allen