> If states actually wanted to address the costs of defensive medicine, they would do something like create affirmative defenses for doctors who adhered to certain established testing protocols.
Not a bad suggestion but resolving regulatory overhead by instituting regulation is a bit, suboptimal, IMHO.
The better solution is to reduce costs of the tests themselves:
Not a bad suggestion but resolving regulatory overhead by instituting regulation is a bit, suboptimal, IMHO.
The better solution is to reduce costs of the tests themselves:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17620197
In the software world, we have enjoyed significant productivity boost using Git/Hg/FOSSIL vs. CVS/SVN.
Branching in CVS/SVN was so expensive that people rarely do it. It takes me 2 seconds to branch in Git/Hg/FOSSIL