Saturday, July 21, 2012

Don't Want Help Screwing This Up

Last week, with the Fourth of July looming, I was able to get a quick CT scan to rule out appendicitis for one patient, and an ultrasound of the legs to quickly diagnose a blood clot for another. Tests like these - ordered solely on the basis of my medical intuition - may not be possible in a few years. Since in both cases the symptoms weren't "textbook," I would probably have had to appeal to some Kafkaesque committee, wasting precious time; in an extreme instance, this could even cost a patient his or her life.
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/306578/obamacare-storm-coming-marc-siegel

The doctors have screwed up medical care pretty well via their "drug deals" with the insurance industry, government, the cartel on medical licensing, and the monopoly on medical training.  They clearly do not want more "help" from elitist government health care bureaucracy - and who could blame them ...

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