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zebonaut

(3,688 posts) Fri May 17, 2013, 03:29 PM May 2013

The American Disease Care system

Healthcare in this country is corrupt

Escape Fire: "We need a whole new kind of medicine...

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The American Disease Care system (Original Post) zebonaut May 2013 OP

There's almost no profit at all in curing disease. The Big Money is in perpetual treatment. Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #1

when people start making good choices, and demanding alternative treatments greenman3610 May 2013 #2

Egalitarian Thug

(12,448 posts)

1. There's almost no profit at all in curing disease. The Big Money is in perpetual treatment.

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Fri May 17, 2013, 03:50 PM

May 2013

For profit health care; What could possibly go wrong?

greenman3610

(3,947 posts)

2. when people start making good choices, and demanding alternative treatments

Reply to zebonaut (Original post)

Fri May 17, 2013, 05:43 PM

May 2013

things will change.
You must understand that for many patients, having a disability, disease, or condition fullfills some kind of need for drama in their lives. It sounds weird, but you see it over and over, especially among "frequent fliers" - the most expensive patients...

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