There is a growing consensus in health policy circles that
overtreatment is the source of all problems in our health care system. Like
most common beliefs, there is some truth to it. For example, clinical research
is clear that stents inserted into the arteries of people not having a heart
attack do nothing to prevent heart attacks or extend life, even a little bit.
But hundreds of thousands of Americans get stents inserted every year anyway.
Talking to people about overtreatment, I find two opposite reactions. Read
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