Ok, they're just one part of the problem, but definitely a non-negligible part:
"The authors of the study examined spending differences in 306 local health-care markets across the country. They found no evidence of greater survival gains in the highest-spending regions. Instead, they said, doctors in those high-spending areas were much more likely to recommend expensive and discretionary services, such as noncritical hospital admissions, referrals to subspecialists, and more diagnostic tests. " People like to blame the evil pharmaceutical business - and granted it's got issue - but they forget: THOSE DRUGS ARE PRESCRIBED. And so are the tests, etc, etc. I've said before that there are many specialists like ocular surgeons that are making $800,000/yr and more. You think those guys are going to give up their tour course tee time for $200/hr? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:289813 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
