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Comment Operation Diagnostics 101 (Score 1) 222

Diagnosis of a condition is a fundamental -- AND CRITICAL -- step in medicine. If I have a toe infection because of a brain tumor or because of HIV/AIDS or because my shoes are too small: this is relevent information.

Preexisting conditions will raise the cost of coverage. This is assessed primarily by an increase of treatment [costs].

Ultimately money is saved. Unnecessary treatments are eliminated, problems are headed off when they are little problems, before they become big problems. The manhours wasted by people who cannot diagnose a problem correctly are saved. Understanding increases.

Most of all medicine will be streamlined. No longer will there be a semantic discrepancies across the broadspectrum of the human form. "Healthcare" and "medicine" truly become as One.

All in all insurance is not a party to this. Make it a crime to suggest otherwise, by all means.

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