Why American Health Care Costs Will Go Up: Unnecessary Mammograms

Defensive medicine, to prevent malpractice claims, are far higher costs than medical personnel, but the United States shift to government health care is going to add a third component. Tests will be free and people will demand them. Dr. Alai Tan, a senior biostatistician in the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston   Sealy Center on Aging and lead author of a new study has concluded that providing better access to health care may lead to the overuse of mammograms for women who regularly see a primary care physician and who have a limited life expectancy. Screening women in this category could subject them "to greater risks of physical, emotional and economic suffering" but it could happen anyway.   read more

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