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So why not order your own labs? I'm sure you can think of ways to get your own medications if you are sufficiently convinced that this is the best course of act
by n8henrie 5mo ago
So why not order your own labs? I'm sure you can think of ways to get your own medications if you are sufficiently convinced that this is the best course of action for your health.
- jmalicki 5mo agoBecause you can't order many of your own labs, and then insurance won't pay for them.
- n8henrie 5mo ago> you can't order many of your own labs Really? Which ones? > insurance won't pay for them Non sequitur, replacing doctors with AI will not help you pay for the preposterous US healthcare system. Vote!
- jmalicki 5mo ago> > you can't order many of your own labs > Really? Which ones? There are extremely short lists of labs you can order yourselves. Virtually all of them are not on those short lists?
- n8henrie 5mo agoI would love to hear of any specific example, I will happily either show you how to order it or learn something myself.
- jmalicki 5mo agoArterial blood gas. Calcium score (may not count as a lab). Skin biopsy for cancer (does it count as a lab?). I'm unaware how to order my own troponin if I think I've had a heart attack (not that that's one I should DIY diagnosis). Prostate specific antigen.
- n8henrie 5mo agoSeveral of those are more procedures than labs. Of course you can't get someone to do a procedure on you for free. Arterial sticks and biopsies may have nontrivial risks (and commensurate liability risk for the performing provider). PSA and troponin seem trivial to get. Did you look?
- hellojimbo 5mo agoi do