http://www.healthinsurancecolorado.net/blog1/2009/07/21/overutilization-of-healthcare/ Research and discussion of the Colorado health insurance industry and the healthcare crisis in America. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:14:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.healthinsurancecolorado.net/blog1/2009/07/21/overutilization-of-healthcare/comment-page-1/#comment-14139 Joe Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:52:05 +0000 http://www.healthinsurancecolorado.net/blog1/?p=1228#comment-14139 You make some good points about overutilization. But let's look at things from the other side of the story. Suppose for a second that there had been something wrong with your friends baby and the doctor had missed it? Whose fault would that have been? Would you be here arguing the opposite? That the doctor could have simply ordered some extra ultrasounds and monitored the baby in the NICU for a day and found the problem and then everything would be OK. Would you be advocating that your friend sue the doctor for malpractice because he/she wasn't thorough enough? If I'm a doctor and my livelyhood and reputation is on the line and I can protect myself by ordering a few more test, do you blame me? And then, the insurance company who tries to stop this overutilization is demonized for denying treatment to a patient. It's a real catch 22. But I'm quite sure the government can fix it??? You make some good points about overutilization. But let’s look at things from the other side of the story. Suppose for a second that there had been something wrong with your friends baby and the doctor had missed it? Whose fault would that have been? Would you be here arguing the opposite? That the doctor could have simply ordered some extra ultrasounds and monitored the baby in the NICU for a day and found the problem and then everything would be OK. Would you be advocating that your friend sue the doctor for malpractice because he/she wasn’t thorough enough? If I’m a doctor and my livelyhood and reputation is on the line and I can protect myself by ordering a few more test, do you blame me? And then, the insurance company who tries to stop this overutilization is demonized for denying treatment to a patient. It’s a real catch 22. But I’m quite sure the government can fix it???

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