re: #459 The Shadow Do

I clocked in to tell a little story because I suspect the less than 1/2 of one percent figure does not calculate the cost of defensive medicine.
I had terrible pain in my groin so went to see my Doc. He found nothing so had me wear bike shorts to see if it was just a soft tissue tear or somesuch. No such luck, so he referes me to a Doc to examine me for a possibloe deep tissue hernia. This Doc said he could operate to find out but that he would not do that. So now what? I picked out an ortho guy from the phone book and made an appointment. After a quick consult he orders me out to get an MRI. At the follow up he points out degenerating bone in my hips and said I would need hip replacement which he could do but said I should see another Ortho first who was skilled with some new fangled procedure. So I make the appointment with the Super Ortho who, before even looking at the MRI or anything else has me X-rayed on the spot. One cheap X-ray told him all he needed to know. It cost thousands before anyone took a damn x-ray!

Thats not defensive medicine. That is a doc who doesnt know what he is doing.