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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (732787)	8/15/2013 2:14:29 PM
From: simplicity	4 Recommendations Recommended By allgoodmen joseffy MakeMyDay Tenchusatsu Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 1579131

Setting aside the scientific accuracy/inaccuracy of this poll ... The most 'damning' evidence included in your analysis is that '62% of physician surveyed (32% of primary care physicians', which is where most of us obtain the bulk of our medical care) believe that 'diagnostic testing would be reduced if it did not generate revenue for medical subspecialists'. Translation: 62% of the docs interviewed believe that a blood test to determine whether or not a patient is pre-diabetic, or an ultrasound to determine whether a patient has carotid artery disease ... or the like ... is sometimes done more often than may be necessary, because revenue might be increased for specialists in that area (i.e., a possibly unnecessary internist or cardiologist visit might be prescribed). Now take a personal inventory of your heart and brain and ask yourself whether that (admittedly somewhat unsettling) survey result equates to a surgeon scheduling a tonsillectomy for a patient who does not need one (i.e., placing a patient under the surgical knife) ... simply so that he can increase his income. The president has made that assertion as a tool to foist the nightmare known as Obamacare on America -- although I doubt that he had your poll results in hand when he did so. This president is prone to making up 'truths' out of whole cloth, when those 'truths' further his agenda, rather than taking the time to read real survey results and simply extrapolating erroneous conclusions from real results (so you are probably one up on him in that regard). His laziness disallows the kind of research you have apparently done. Nowhere in your article do I see any reference to any doctor admitting that something as serious as a surgical procedure is commonly done in order to line the pockets of the medical profession. You'll have to dig deeper. And I'm afraid that, after doing so, you are going to have nothing to show for your efforts but a big hole and a useless pile of dirt.

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (732787)	8/15/2013 2:21:44 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1579131

Nowhere in your article do I see any reference to any doctor admitting that something as serious as a surgical procedure is commonly done in order to line the pockets of the medical profession.