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Re:Predatory Behavior Runs Rampant in Facebook’s Addiction S... by stevenwoo on Monday May 21, 2018 @12:17PM (#17119456)
You may have already seen it but last night's episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver covered real world addiction treatment centers and almost all of them like the ones described in that article - no scientific/medical evidence backed treatment, no real data on effectiveness, mostly unregulated/unlicensed but heavily targeted at people who have money/insurance plans. The only surprising thing is the ones covered in the Verge article are I think different from the ones mentioned on the TV episode.
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Re:Predatory Behavior Runs Rampant in Facebook’s Addiction S... by ryandrake on Monday May 21, 2018 @12:45PM (#17119726)
You even need to look skeptically at your family doctor these days, too. Is she sending me for more blood tests or an X-ray because she really thinks there is a problem, or is she just hustling, spreading my insurance company’s money to her pals at the blood and radiology labs?

Honestly I have no way of knowing. Sending me for all sorts of tests would indeed maximize shareholder value, though, which is all anyone in the US cares about anymore.

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Re:Predatory Behavior Runs Rampant in Facebook’s Addiction S... by haldean on Monday May 21, 2018 @01:49PM (#17120247)
This is why I like the Kaiser Permanente system, where you buy your insurance from the same company that provides your healthcare. It has other problems (notably that they are loath to send you somewhere else if they don't have the expertise in their system) but it is nice that they're incentivized both to keep you healthy and not over-prescribe or over-treat you.
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Re:Predatory Behavior Runs Rampant in Facebook’s Addiction S... by kps on Monday May 21, 2018 @12:52PM (#17119791)
That's a CYA thing. In the US you'll get sued if you didn't order a test for the one-in-a-million thing that otherwise looks exactly like the 99.9999% thing.
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