Comments on: Is your doctor getting broke off by drug makers? http://www.blackinformant.com/uncategorized/is-your-doctor-getting-broke-off-by-drug-makers Engaging the culture by challenging the status quo Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dheeraj Kattula http://www.blackinformant.com/uncategorized/is-your-doctor-getting-broke-off-by-drug-makers/comment-page-1#comment-9903 Dheeraj Kattula Sun, 26 Apr 2009 10:08:11 +0000 http://blackinformant.com/2007/03/22/is-your-doctor-getting-broke-off-by-the-drug-makers/#comment-9903 The doctors who prescribe newer and pricier medicines are also considered to be the better ones in the society at large.They are considered to have kept abreast with the latest medicines and research. Healthy skepticism for new things is good.A known devil is better than an unknown angel.Society should teach the medical men that health care cost is important to patients and keeping it low should be a dimension in their medical decision making,even though the doctors live in 'denial' that incentives of pharmaceutical companies do not affect their cost increasing decisions. The doctors who prescribe newer and pricier medicines are also considered to be the better ones in the society at large.They are considered to have kept abreast with the latest medicines and research.

Healthy skepticism for new things is good.A known devil is better than an unknown angel.Society should teach the medical men that health care cost is important to patients and keeping it low should be a dimension in their medical decision making,even though the doctors live in ‘denial’ that incentives of pharmaceutical companies do not affect their cost increasing decisions.

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