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Comment author: ChristianKl 23 June 2015 11:13:50AM 6 points [-]

The biggest thing is that the doctor's priorities are not your priorities. [...] When you consider the relative probability of you dying, and then the cost to the healthcare system of treatment

The doctor has no incentive to minimize the cost of treatment. He makes money by having a high cost of treatment.

Comment author: Douglas_Knight 23 June 2015 09:24:50PM 0 points [-]

Right, MattG is 100% backwards.

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