"Medical Gluttony"

[Shhhh! I'm Listening to Reason!]

In a reference to the ongoing national debate over healthcare reform,
Brawley said the "irrational tendency to adopt treatments and
technologies without adequate assessment is a form of 'medical
gluttony' and a major reason that U.S. per capita healthcare costs are
the highest in the world. We do not get what we pay for; our life
expectancy is 29th among developed countries."

http://www.medpagetoday.com/HematologyOncology/ProstateCancer/15776

Look, 2pid, a doctor just called you "fatso". LoL.

[Shhhh! I'm Listening to Reason!]

On Sep 1, 1:37*pm, ScottW2 > wrote:
> On Aug 31, 9:49*pm, "Shhhh! I'm Listening to Reason!"
>
> > wrote:
> > In a reference to the ongoing national debate over healthcare reform,
> > Brawley said the "irrational tendency to adopt treatments and
> > technologies without adequate assessment is a form of 'medical
> > gluttony' and a major reason that U.S. per capita healthcare costs are
> > the highest in the world. We do not get what we pay for; our life
> > expectancy is 29th among developed countries."
>
> >http://www.medpagetoday.com/HematologyOncology/ProstateCancer/15776
>
> > Look, 2pid, a doctor just called you "fatso". LoL.
>
> *While on the opposite end is the unlikely adoption of robotic surgery
> tools like the DaVinci system available today.
> The catch 22 will be this. It can't be shown effective without wide
> scale trials but you can't have wide scale trials without it being a
> covered procedure.

Oh, so you need Socialism to make the free market work. And
experimental drug trials are covered by insurance. Who knew?

I get it now. LoL.

[Shhhh! I'm Listening to Reason!]

On Sep 1, 2:55*pm, ScottW2 > wrote:
> On Sep 1, 12:33*pm, "Shhhh! I'm Listening to Reason!"
>
>
>
>
>
> > wrote:
> > On Sep 1, 1:37*pm, ScottW2 > wrote:
>
> > > On Aug 31, 9:49*pm, "Shhhh! I'm Listening to Reason!"
>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > In a reference to the ongoing national debate over healthcare reform,
> > > > Brawley said the "irrational tendency to adopt treatments and
> > > > technologies without adequate assessment is a form of 'medical
> > > > gluttony' and a major reason that U.S. per capita healthcare costs are
> > > > the highest in the world. We do not get what we pay for; our life
> > > > expectancy is 29th among developed countries."
>
> > > >http://www.medpagetoday.com/HematologyOncology/ProstateCancer/15776
>
> > > > Look, 2pid, a doctor just called you "fatso". LoL.
>
> > > *While on the opposite end is the unlikely adoption of robotic surgery
> > > tools like the DaVinci system available today.
> > > The catch 22 will be this. It can't be shown effective without wide
> > > scale trials but you can't have wide scale trials without it being a
> > > covered procedure.
>
> > Oh, so you need Socialism to make the free market work.
>
> *No, you need socialism to protect you from feeling guilty.

About what?

> *Think how many people could have gotten a checkup for the
> price of your trip to England.

That's the cool thing, 2pid. Only a moron would see things as "either-
or".

> > And
> > experimental drug trials are covered by insurance. Who knew?
>
> *Depends on the policy and the insurer.
> *All that fine print is over your head.

So only a few companies cover them? Does your policy cover
experimental treatments or are you putting all of those necessary wide-
scale trials on the backs of the rest of us? LoL.

[MiNe 109]

In article
>,
ScottW2 > wrote:

> Stephen might find the padding of depends a benefit on his bench.

What would it take to declare Scott a troll? He takes positions he
doesn't believe in, flames opponents in lieu of arguing his own case,
starts off-topic threads continually.

Stephen

[George M. Middius[_4_]]

MiNe 109 said:

> > Stephen might find the padding of depends a benefit on his bench.
>
> What would it take to declare Scott a troll? He takes positions he
> doesn't believe in, flames opponents in lieu of arguing his own case,
> starts off-topic threads continually.

Witless admitted that his life has been threatened by Normals on more than one
occasion. He probably has some cuts and bruises as well to commemorate his
assholishness.

[Shhhh! I'm Listening to Reason!]

On Sep 1, 6:46*pm, MiNe 109 > wrote:
> In article
> >,
>
> *ScottW2 > wrote:
> > Stephen might find the padding of depends a benefit on his bench.
>
> What would it take to declare Scott a troll? He takes positions he
> doesn't believe in, flames opponents in lieu of arguing his own case,
> starts off-topic threads continually.

Troll? That sounds like an emotionally-underdeveloped imbecile to me.

[MiNe 109]

In article
>,
ScottW2 > wrote:

> On Sep 1, 4:50*pm, George M. Middius > wrote:
> > MiNe 109 said:
> >
> > > > Stephen might find the padding of depends a benefit on his bench.
> >
> > > What would it take to declare Scott a troll? He takes positions he
> > > doesn't believe in, flames opponents in lieu of arguing his own case,
> > > starts off-topic threads continually.
> >
> > Witless admitted that his life has been threatened by Normals on more than
> > one
> > occasion. He probably has some cuts and bruises as well to commemorate his
> > assholishness.
>
> I see you've met Stephen's troll definition on every count.
> Of course he's too myopic and generally wimpy to admit it.

Nope.

Stephen

[George M. Middius[_4_]]

MiNe 109 said:

> > > Witless admitted that his life has been threatened by Normals on more than one
> > > occasion. He probably has some cuts and bruises as well to commemorate his
> > > assholishness.

> > I see you've met Stephen's troll definition on every count.
> > Of course he's too myopic and generally wimpy to admit it.

> Nope.

Stephen, I recognize that your brain is life-size (as opposed to pea-size).

[MiNe 109]

In article >,
George M. Middius > wrote:

> MiNe 109 said:
>
> > > > Witless admitted that his life has been threatened by Normals on more
> > > > than one
> > > > occasion. He probably has some cuts and bruises as well to commemorate
> > > > his
> > > > assholishness.
>
> > > I see you've met Stephen's troll definition on every count.
> > > Of course he's too myopic and generally wimpy to admit it.
>
> > Nope.
>
> Stephen, I recognize that your brain is life-size (as opposed to pea-size).

His isn't even actual size.

Stephen