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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: MJ who wrote (80194)3/1/2010 12:57:11 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 224757
 
Last week, I was the subject of some of that "defensive medicine" you have heard so much about. After a week of flu like symptoms, I made an appointment with my primary care doctor. I got right in on 3 hours notice. They spent one and half hours with me, did an EKG and blood draw and concluded I had a virus. It was all paid for by Medicare. Was this some of the much criticized "defensive medicine"? Wouldn't it have been done anyway?



To: MJ who wrote (80194)3/1/2010 1:01:10 PM
From: TimF  Respond to of 224757
 
My house burning down might not be my fault either. Its not a matter of fault, its a matter of not being able to ensure against something that's already happened.

The house burning down as relates to the house being insured deals with an object not a person.

Irrelevant in terms of how insurance works. You insure against risks, it doesn't matter if its a person or an object.


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