Subj : Re: Um...no comment?
To   : Finnigann
From : Frank Reid
Date : Sun Sep 18 2005 04:29 pm

  Re: Re: Um...no comment?
  By: Finnigann to Frank Reid on Sun Sep 18 2005 14:00:00

 > You know that is NOT what I was talking about. You have compitent surgeons
 > performing 1500 hysterectoms a year just because tehy are easy and lucratiti
 > This sort of abouse should be stopped in the medical profession but some
 > doctors are willing to bend the patient over backwards to justify such
 > operations.

You see, I don't see this with HMOs whatsoever.  In fact, it's the opposite. 
One almost needs to have a limb hanging off before they can be referred beyond
the primary care physician.  If I wanted to have unnecessary surgery, I'd have
to go "out of network" to find some doctor (which means paying on my own and
not under my insurance).

Making the medical profession both less lucrative and less attractive to true
professionals will definitely have an impact on the quality of care, however. 
This will almost certainly result in an exponential increase in the number of
litigations, which will cause the further exodus of qualified professionals,
etc.

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