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SickOfTheOnePct

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1. If the goal...

Reply to erronis (Original post)

Thu Jul 24, 2025, 09:06 AM

Jul 2025

...is to get to universal, government-paid healthcare, people are going to have to get used to the idea of prior authorization for high-cost procedures and drugs. I don't see any universal healthcare scenario where doctors can order any kind of treatment or any kind of drug, regardless of cost or efficacy, without some type of pre-approval.

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If the goal... SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2025 #1

+1. Don't think people realize how often doctors order stuff they profit from that has questionable medical value. Silent Type Jul 2025 #2

Exactly SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2025 #3