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Old 11-20-2009, 01:21 PM   #24
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Further, Medicare and Medicaid will pay $15,000 for a patient of theirs to have a surgery done in a major hospital down the street but will not pay $8000 for the same procedure in a surgery center. It happens every day in the US.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...052451436.html
Apples and oranges and absolutely nothing to do with PSTF-funded independent research.

please cite any PSTF-funded research recommendations in the last 20 years that have been incorporated into policy guidelines for Medicare...or even into private insurance guidelines for treatment and/or coverage....or adopted by any medical association as a new standard protocol.
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