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16. That's the problem with specialists ...

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 07:24 PM

Feb 2013

... If the only tool in your tool chest is a hammer, suddenly everything looks like a nail.

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Hundreds sue Ky. hospital over heart procedures [View all] hue Feb 2013 OP

The stenting business is getting out of hand jsr Feb 2013 #2

this is included in the aca, iirc. mopinko Feb 2013 #6

no doubt. mopinko Feb 2013 #11

That assumes there was no motive to make a buck. Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #13

If you do an unnecessary angioplasty. IggleDoer Feb 2013 #15

They pulled this one on me too bucolic_frolic Feb 2013 #10

You know what they say at the hospital: "A picture's worth a thousand MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #24

UNNECESSARY Procedures, just like auto repair bucolic_frolic Feb 2013 #9

It may depend on what they specialize in bucolic_frolic Feb 2013 #23

Healthcare for profit is a killer lovuian Feb 2013 #12

Someone is going to find an overuse of prostate surgery next.... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #14

Look at the reaction towards breast cancer screenings. Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #25

That's the problem with specialists ... IggleDoer Feb 2013 #16

Dr Jones is a very brave man azurnoir Feb 2013 #17

And the hospital's parent company is....! Grins Feb 2013 #21

In 2007 I 'had' a heart attack due to a blocked artery DainBramaged Feb 2013 #22

11 London, KY Hosp Cardiologists... ReRe Feb 2013 #26

Scary. And inevitable in a medicine for profit system. McCamy Taylor Feb 2013 #27