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for sure I do it all the time.
I don’t think its a good system. that was all I was saying.
“– In terms of payment or patient autonomy?”
I guess both. I’m saying if a Doctor thinks patient would benefit from a drug/scan etc the doctor should be able to prescribe it and the patietn get it.
I do not think a bureaucrat , RN etc should be able to deny treatment (I have a colleague who when on a peer to peer call, if the Insurance company says they do not think test or whatever is indicated, he asks them their name and if they are licensed to practice in NY, he explains he is putting them in the chart as a consultant who advised that the test is not necessary, he claims this always works). what I imagine is a world where if a doctor orders a test it is done and paid for. what I am less certain about is if doctor doesn’t think its indicated If by the book or guidelines Pt doesn’t need antibiotics Scan etc. but the patient begs so Its prescribed it anyway . In my perfect world should we all pay for that? I’m not sure. But this is a minor point I just threw in as an after thought