As far as selling "Worthless Treatments" is concerned, it is not fraud to order x-rays, imagaging, lab work, etc, etc all with many thousands of dollars in billing while sending the referrals through labs and companies that the Doctor has a controlling interest in, only to find out you only have a common cold. This "practice" I believe is more common than I even want to speculate on.
Caveat Emptor still prevails, guns, cars or doctors
Yea well, anyone been to a Vet lately.
Poor ol' Rover has a cough. The Doc sees Rover then leaves the room. In comes the office girl to tell you the 13 "critical" tests the Doc wants to run to "rule out" something dangerous or possibly fatal. The Vet won't come near the examining room during the "close."
It almost seems to me the technique is taught in Veterinary school. They all use it.
I had some close friends, older folks, who recently took a dog with an ear ache to the vet. When the dog winced as the vet felt his upper abdomin (as the fingers no doubt dug into the diaphram) the vet just had to do x-rays etc. to "rule out" a bowel obstruction. After $900 bucks, turned out all they needed was some ear drops.
I see this ALOT with veterinarians. More the rule than the exception.
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, please.