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Old 06-21-12 | 07:18 AM
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Bikes: Lectric Xpedition.

I look at it from a different perspective.

I believe in the "democratization of medicine": Patients should be able to order any non-invasive tests they want (as long as they are willing to pay for them), have free access to their own medical records, and self-prescribe with many exceptions, such as opioids, antibiotics, chemotherapy, and immunomodulators.

If people want to get this type of screening they should go for it, as long as they are willing to pay for it.

Screeners should be properly credentialled. If lots of companies want to get into the screening business, go for it. Let the price wars begin.

And, at risk of getting all the lefties in a lather, there really is nothing wrong with the profit motive, even in medicine.
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