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Re:A new book critiques medicine by bdamm on Sunday July 14, 2019 @02:50PM (#20435134)
I briefly worked for a startup back in 2005 that was doing data analysis on prescriptions to reverse analyze a patient's conditions.

The customers were the insurance companies.

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Re:A new book critiques medicine by lonelappde on Sunday July 14, 2019 @07:09PM (#20436867)
How does that work? Insurance companies have access to all the prescription purchase and tests ordered,but not the diagnoses?
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