>On the other hand, it is hard to sympathize with the US medical establishment/ >insurance "industry" cartel.
Pete, There is no argument from me on that. It's a closed system that works for it's own benefit. When the trot out the argument that they, along with the FDA, etc, etc, are restricting entry into professions or availability of treatments for the 'safety' of the consumer, especially when it comes to children, it's hart to argue with them. After all, they are the 'professionals', they should know! Sometimes we need to override their pompous pronouncements, use our own heads, and take our chances. For all I talk about Canadians coming here for treatment, I will tell about a friend of mine who had to go to Mexico to get a cancer treatment not available in the US. Did it kill him... NO! This doesn't mean we need to get rid of all regulation, but that we need to achieve some sort of balance between availability and restriction... perhaps, letting people know of risks and permitting them to make their own decisions. However to make that work, we would need some sort of waivers to keep the lawyers out of the picture should things not go well. Medical professionals are not gods. The are professionals we hire for their advice, which, like that of lawyers, we should be free to accept or ignore. Larry Miller --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
