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11-20-2009, 07:56 AM | #61 |
Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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And while you're at it, let's cut down on pap smears as well, k?
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/11/20...cer/index.html
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11-20-2009, 10:19 AM | #62 |
I know, right?
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I'm pretty sure it's the heart and arteries that's gonna get me. I guess you never can tell, though.
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11-20-2009, 10:22 AM | #63 |
Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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I plan to be hit by a train when I turn 100.
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11-20-2009, 11:13 AM | #64 |
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My friend, the breast cancer surgeon, was talking about this yesterday. She said she had been researching the members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, and that while they are doctors, they aren't cancer doctors ... family medicine, pediatrics, specialists in medical informatics and medical economics, but interestingly, not cancer.
Just looking over the list, not a lot of them appear to be in active practice, either ... researchers, university posts, that kind of thing.
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11-20-2009, 11:23 AM | #65 |
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All they've done is crunch numbers to determine the bang for the buck. Men will tell you when it comes to tits, money is not the prime consideration. Women will tell you when it comes to their lives, money is not the prime consideration.
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11-20-2009, 11:28 AM | #66 | |
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11-20-2009, 12:09 PM | #67 | |
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11-20-2009, 12:38 PM | #68 | |
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The role is to conduct government funded, but independent research on the "effectiveness of a broad range of clinical preventive services" or to suggest best practices....to expand the knowledge base for practitioners and patients. |
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11-20-2009, 12:39 PM | #69 | |
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11-20-2009, 12:42 PM | #70 | |
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This latest study, which was funded and began under the Bush administration, did not make policy recommendations for government-administered health programs like Medicare, Medicaid, SCHIP....that was not, nor has it ever been, the intent of PSTF research. It offers a perspective for physicians and patients to consider when making choices. |
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11-20-2009, 12:44 PM | #71 | |
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11-20-2009, 12:47 PM | #72 | |
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Care is dictated by Medicare by paying or not paying for procedures in specific locations, costs, who can get care and who cannot get care is controlled by Medicare and Medicaid. Intent is specifically different.
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11-20-2009, 12:53 PM | #73 | |
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11-20-2009, 01:02 PM | #74 | |
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It is not about studies it is about people who have been in the business and can tell us how it works from the inside.
This is a perfect example from a former senior official at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. This is exactly what I am talking about and what I have observed. 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. Quote:
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11-20-2009, 01:19 PM | #75 | |
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