I agree that's how it works now, but let's say the Dems buy enough votes to put in the public option. Doctors on that plan might have to shave the ten-fifteen minutes off of the routine exam in the future because the panel said it has no benefit. I'm not saying it's written in stone, just showing you the signs.
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > It isn't a sneaking in thing. Women, under most decent insurance > programs, get an annual physical that includes a pap smear, basic > physical exam, etc. That is what is billed for. Breast palpation is > not something that would be billed for separately because it isn't a > separate procedure. If it involved another visit or lab work or > something, that would be different, but it doesn't. Nothing "snuck in" > at all, that's just how a visit works. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:309748 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
