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mmel
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Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us (2013) [pdf]
If anyone is interested, you can look up what single payer costs[1] are for various procedures in Australia, you
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pay more than what is listed if you go private, but it still isn't anywhere near the cost of what procedures cost in the USA.
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http://www.mbsonline.gov.au/internet/mbsonline/publishing.ns...
james0001
on Nov 14, 2016
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Can you get a private MRI without a doctor's requisition in Australia? I know in Canada they try to burn you at the stake if you do that.
distances
on Nov 14, 2016
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Why would one get a private MRI without doctor's orders?
cardiffspaceman
on Nov 14, 2016
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Because you don't have claustrophobia and you're interested in what the MRI might show.
nomel
on Nov 15, 2016
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Why should curiosity be covered? A similar scenario involving car insurance, and curiosity of "what's inside", would surely be considered fraud.
james0001
on Nov 16, 2016
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It doesn't need to be covered just don't try to restrict me from diagnosing my own health when doctors have shown their shit at diagnostics
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[1] http://www.mbsonline.gov.au/internet/mbsonline/publishing.ns...