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In <1992Jul3.163848.17762@unixg.ubc.ca>, Scott Workinger writes:
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>The prominent position of MD's also tends to blind us to their 
>limitations.  I've met a lot of MD's and as a group they don't seem 
>noticeably more healthy than the patient community.  

	Also, the doctor's fighting to stop licencing of midwives. and other
healthcare trained people to practice specialised parts of healthcare
don't make their expressed concerns about the health of the populous 
very credible.

	I lean towards the same system another poster mentioned, where a 
doctor's prescription is not required to get an anti-fungal treatment.
Also, how many people have ever gone to a doctor over some problem,
only to have to come back to get the results?  Padding is obviously 
an accepted way to abuse the current healthcare system, and it's time
we stopped having to pay for it.

	One other recent posting mentioned the government's access to health
records. While I am concerned at the privacy issues, I'm also sure most
of us know at least one person who we know goes to the doctor way more
than they need too. Under the current system, there is no way to dis-
courage this sort of abuse of the system.


 
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