Guest guest Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 We are stepping outside of the intent of the list discussing Stimulus, however, I have no problem with someone, anyone, making sure that treatment was appropriate using the benefit to risk assumption.................provided it was a serious attempt at arriving at benefit to risk and yes, even to age. Anyone visiting a nursing home watching some 95 year old, practically dead individual, getting physical therapy, which in many cases is torture at best, would realize there is too much waste in the medical community. 50 years ago, while hospitalized, I was offered a sleeping pill and when I advised the nurse I didn't need it to go to sleep she threw it in the garbage saying, " you're paying for it anyway " . That's peanuts, however, they are our peanuts and eventually these peanuts add up to billions of peanuts. Medicare and Medicaid would not be in the shaky position they are in if efficiency was practiced and greed taken out of the picture. They system is bloated with greed and profiteering rather than sincere intent. Don't expect much improvement as long as Big Pharma and the Medical Community control Congress and The Senate. JC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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