"Defensive Medicine" is the idea that doctors are overprescribing medication and procedures to basically cover their butts.  It's easier to just cut a patient open or give them a pill than to recommend holistic therapies that can actually save them money and pain.  Defensive medicine is also one of the main reasons the healthcare system has become one of the biggest expenditures in the U.S.  In this episode Erik discusses his history of defensive medicine, the insurance and provider cat and mouse game, eager surgeons, why the Green New Deal is a bad idea, and why free healthcare will be a disaster.  

REFERENCES:

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0181970

https://www.nap.edu/catalog/13444/best-care-at-lower-cost-the-path-to-continuously-learning

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/1666433

 

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