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Health Law Does Little to Curb Overuse of Care - NYTimes.com

Seeded on Tue Mar 30, 2010 8:51 AM EDT
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Dr. Robert Colton, an internist in Boca Raton, Fla., has a problem, and he knows it. His patients come in wanting, sometimes demanding, tests and treatments that are unnecessary, just adding to the nation's huge health care bill. He even has patients, he says, who come in and report that their chief complaint is, "I need an M.R.I."
And what does Dr. Colton do? "I do the damn test," he said. "There is no incentive for me, Rob Colton, to reduce overutilization. If the person wants it, what are you going to do, say no?"
And the new health care legislation, he says, is not going to make a bit of difference.

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bluearcher

Unfortunate that the doctor doesn't have the intestinal fortitude and ability to use his education to educate his patients. He is the expert...he needs to start acting like it.

I am willing to bet that his billing practices have more to do with "overuse" than the demands of his patients.

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