Ras
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Unless I've misunderstood you, I disagree that we've seen "a zero gain in innovation within the healthcare industry." I work in healthcare, and I've seen a great deal of innovation in materials, procedures, and machinery. We alter our MRI protocols frequently as our radiologists attend conferences and read studies; we upgrade coils and software as our budget allows. Our 640 slice Toshiba (Canon) CT has some of the best metal artifact reduction algorithms I've ever seen. Tuesday of this week I did a cystogram on a patient with bilateral, complete hip replacements; the metal artifact absolutely obliterated bladder detail, so a leak was invisible. But after employing SEMAR, the artifacts were almost entirely eliminated.This is the typical argument for privatized healthcare. If government runs healthcare, then innovation diminishes. But we have seen with privatize healthcare not only a zero gain in innovation within the healthcare industry. But a decrease in health of the American population. This is a straight fact. Innovation is not done in the for-profit firms or corporations.