I don't understand this argument at all. The poster claimed that his provider automatically scheduled an x-ray before any patient was seen. My understanding whi

I don't understand this argument at all. The poster claimed that his provider automatically scheduled an x-ray before any patient was seen. My understanding while reading was that this was regardless of the reason for the appointment. How can this be reasonable? It's impossible to know if imaging is required before seeing the patient, so it seems to me that a large number of these x-rays were unnecessary. In fact, the poster mentioned that on his last two visits he skipped the imaging and the doctor wouldn't have needed it anyway, bolstering my suspicion. I could be totally misunderstanding, but it sounds like you are arguing that requiring imaging before each visit is reasonable. That just sounds way off base to me and like an easy way to ratchet up the cost for each and every patient.