So you are opposed to spending tax dollars for low cost tests and preventative treatment that have real value because those things don't directly benefit you, but you would support spending tax dollars on high cost tests like MRIs, even though in most cases they have been shown to have no value as a preventative measure?
Doesn't sound like a smart way to keep the cost of medical care down.
toggle quoted message
Show quoted text
--- In ibmpensionissues@..., "zimowski@..." <zimowski@...> wrote:
The point I was trying to make is that ACA preventative care does not provide significant coverage of any kind because the services that are covered are for the most part inexpensive and easily affordable. The real purpose of ACA preventative care was/is to make the middle class feel like they are getting something for all the tax money ACA will cost the average middle class American.
I think I've made it clear that I don't think ACA is of value to me. It's not, and I'm opposed to spending U.S. tax dollars to put it in place and to fund it. This, however, does not mean that I don't understand what herpes zoster is and that I don't discuss my health needs with my doctor. As far as x-rays, CT scans and MRI scans go, I agree they are mostly for diagnostic purposes, but a doctor cannot see what's going on inside my body any better than I can. Much of what doctors do is guess and use a cookie cutter approach to align a diagnosis with observed symptoms. In my case, one guess was incorrect, and led to a much more serious situation. An MRI scan would have prevented this.
