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Old 08-05-2008, 04:21 PM
Slackwater Slackwater is offline
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Originally posted by Dave C:
I found this article in the NY Times. Interesting in regards how the drug and Insurance industries are dictating patient care.
Some Doctors concur that insurance companies dictate patient care. I went to the 2008 UCSF Spine Conference, Emerging Technologies in Spinal Treatment (Link) and one prominent surgeon spoke to ADR treatment being "approved" on coverage positions, but only granted if the patient got tremendously involved.

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