re: #203 Racer X

Correct. But is it possible the person who pays the bill (insurance co) limits the tests that are run - therefore causing the misdiagnosis? I know - just one example.

Yes. Kaiser is especially notorious for this.

A friend of mine was in rotation (as a doctor, rotating through a few different hospitals to gain experience). He summed up Kaiser as, “Great for me, they barely had me do anything. Not so good for the patients, who really did need me to do things.”

Kaiser is unusual in that it is it’s own insurance company, though; Kaiser is the hospital and the insurance company at once.