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There isn't always an objective best treatment for a patient. Doctors should have license to use their knowledge of the patient and accumulated wisdom to prescr

by fwip 8y ago

There isn't always an objective best treatment for a patient. Doctors should have license to use their knowledge of the patient and accumulated wisdom to prescribe what they think would be most helpful. We have a list of drugs that work, it's the list of FDA-approved drugs. Insurance will already try to get out of paying for anything that doesn't seem "normal."

Wowfunhappy 8y ago
> We have a list of drugs that work, it's the list of FDA-approved drugs. Which doesn't take price into account. And there's no reason for the patient or doctor to take price into account when insurance is paying for 95%+ of the cost. This is the classic "someone else's money" problem.