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Fact:
Insurance coverage is not free, hell the government kind isn't and they can print their own $.
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THe more medically unnecessary treatments that are covered, the more ALL participants will be forced to pay in premiums to cover the expense.
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Our private insurance industry AND government insurance programs have always excluded numerous "elective", "cosmetic", or "Medically unnecessary" procedures.
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INDIVIDUALS have the freedom to make the "choice" to have such procedures performed at any time of their choosing. They simply pay for them.
Knee replacements being used as a comparative example is ludicrous. Keeping a patient from requiring the continous use of high dose narcotics for pain management, preventing long term hepatic/GI issues with high dose NSAIDS, continuous need for physical therapy, and correcting lack of function/mobility consequences that can make it difficult to maintain employment are medically necessary.
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