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

To: dybdahl who wrote (18704)	8/9/2010 9:49:27 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

"Instead of your question, I would ask: Of the millions of cases docs see each year, what percentage get the problem solved because of the doctor? 5%? 1%? I seriously doubt that it is more than 10% in high-standard countries." Doesn't sound like you have much faith in the medical profession?

To: dybdahl who wrote (18704)	8/10/2010 11:08:38 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42652

Of the millions of cases docs see each year, what percentage get the problem solved because of the doctor? 5%? 1%? I seriously doubt that it is more than 10% in high-standard countries. The physician is an essential piece of the machine. Without the doc, the entire machine breaks down. How do you arrive at your "10%" figure? Did the doctor "solve" the problem if he made a good diagnosis and prescribed the right drugs, or does someone else get credit for having created the drugs in the first place? If a radiologist determines my CT doesn't show any signs of disease, did he "solve" my problem? What about a cardiologist who found no signs of heart disease (in my case, I still have the problem I originally went in about, but "knowing" my condition isn't life threatening has been a great "solution" as far as I'm concerned)? Or an oncologist who tells his patient, "I'm sorry, we have no treatment for your cancer"? That was, after all, the best solution modern medicine had to offer.