ugh yes re gatekeeping -- maybe there's an argument for requiring a prescription for some treatments, but at least in the US it's illegal for patients to self-o

ugh yes re gatekeeping -- maybe there's an argument for requiring a prescription for some treatments, but at least in the US it's illegal for patients to self-order diagnostic testing. the new york AG sued a lab for doing walk-in blood tests without a prescription 'didn't accept insurance' is interesting -- in the econtalk episode with the surgery center of oklahoma, the guest claims that he's able to offer better medical outcomes by being out of the insurance system, and implies that billing things at a mainstream hospital has become so hard that it consumes more mental cycles than medicine it seems like the medical system as-is isn't the right service for people who are fighting the system to get a diagnosis; I wonder if there's a different model that would work better or tbh a specialized concierge doctor that just prescribes things that you ask for