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Advanced medical technology is a boon and bane. The downside is hospitals that buy the equipment need to recover costs. There is a higher chance that they will promote use of the equipment for areas where there is a marginal use in diagnosis. I had a CAT scan done where I found out later that it was unnecessary because a better and cheaper way was used in conjunction with it.  --- a lot of expense with little  justification.


Changing medical malpractice laws will go a long way in lowering costs. When you are almost on the operating table hospitals want you sign a form agreeing to binding arbitration. It seems that would be a lot easier to put in place obligatory binding arbitration rather than no-fault because it is already being used.


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