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Originally Posted by Mack184
Let me explain something. My wife is a very qualified medical professional. Most doctors today will put you through lots of tests. Many tests that you cannot understand why they are doing it and what it has to do with your case. It is not fraud. They are protecting THEMSELVES!!!
Unfortunately in today's world doctors are being sued at the drop of a hat. And when that case gets into court the doctor and the attending nurses and assistants are going to be grilled over and over and over again as to why this test or that test was not run. And then when the lawyer finds some little test that wasn't run because the doctor didn't feel you needed that test, he's going to be sued for millions of dollars!!
No..maybe you won't sue the doctor, but hundreds of others are going to try because they have been misled that they have been "injured" by neglect and that they can now hit the lottery off this doctor or provider's misfortune. Have you looked at any TV (not the villages) commercials these days? There are lawyers by the boat-load offering to "get you substantial money" from some doctor who didn't perform some test, which had nothing to do with providing you with good healthcare.
Most extra tests have nothing to do with fraud. It's about your doctor keeping his license to be able to save your life!!!
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Mack: You are spot on. Yet, you have the government and insurance companies making decisions on what test, operations a doctor can conduct. Does that make sense? Neither the governemnt or an insurance comapny should get between you and your doctor. if the government or an insurance comapny believes that their are abuses then they have the tools to investigate.
Finally "he who doctors himself has a fool for a patient