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Message: <blockquote data-quote="C_Hallbert" data-source="post: 4318749" data-attributes="member: 42957">I wouldn’t say that you can’t trust doctors. Many are dedicated, honest and excellent professionals. There are more problems caused by institutional policies that reflect government standards and guidelines, limitations on diagnostic procedures and interventions arbitrarily imposed by both government and corporate insurance agencies, state regulations and physician liability insurance companies. A doctor has to work in a tangled web of bureaucratic interference when he treats a patient. They never should have surrendered their autonomy; but, resisting the competing forces intent on controlling them required organization and agreement, and it’s easier to teach cats to dance. Controlling forces have taken advantage of their independence (divided populations are easier to conquer). You are correct regarding the increased reimbursement from Medicare for charges related to a diagnosis of COVID19. If I recall, it was around $16,000. This, of course, motivated Hospital Administrations to encourage diagnoses of COVID 19 on every possible patient.I still trust physicians as a group, but I’m incredulous concerning the integrity of them as individuals. While they’re evaluating me, I’m evaluating them…..</blockquote>