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Re:Jump in cancer diagnoses at 65 implies patients wait for ... by Gibbon1 on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @11:03PM (#26656178)
The US system hopes that people get untreatable stage 4 cancer and die quickly.
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Re:Jump in cancer diagnoses at 65 implies patients wait for ... by spaetzleesser on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @11:42PM (#26656447)
Maybe the insurers. Hospitals prefer treating them in the most expensive way.
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Re:Jump in cancer diagnoses at 65 implies patients wait for ... by Gibbon1 on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @11:59PM (#26656551)
Heard the Chair of the Department of Medicine at UCSF say they make most of their money on elective procedures.
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