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

To: skinowski who wrote (36132)	4/23/2014 12:11:56 PM
From: John Koligman	Respond to of 42652

Fair enough... You do have to be careful with this type of surgery. My wife had it some time ago and the doctor's staff automatically made an appointment with a plastic surgeon to 'sew' the wound. When she asked if the doctor doing the procedure could close it he said yes. Probably saved her and the insurance company a bunch of money in our case....

To: skinowski who wrote (36132)	4/23/2014 12:36:49 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 42652

>> I'm not going to argue, John, that everyone in healthcare are always people of integrity and aboveboard... No sir, I won't say that.... But skin cancers can be tricky - and often may spread in invisible "rays", not unlike a cracked windshield, but invisible to the eye. If I had a lesion on the "cheekbone" possibly moving towards the eye, given a choice, I'd prefer having a Mohs procedure. I think one has to be very careful about re-interpreting a patient's interpretation of what happened. There may well have been some reason for handling the case as it was handled. I know nothing about it, obviously, but I doubt the original surgeon was thinking, "Gosh, I wonder how many of my buddies I can get involved in this procedure!" -- particularly when the Plastic Surgeon apparently got most of the money. If she were that interested it seems as though she should have asked a few questions up front.