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Originally Posted by TheMercenary
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
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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.