Episode 62: Unnecessary Medical Services
2 Docs Talk: The podcast about healthcare, the science of medicine and everything in between. - A podcast by Kendall Britt, MD and Amy Rogers, MD
We’ve got a lot of questions marks ahead of us this year when it comes to healthcare. What will happen with the Affordable Care Act, Medicare, Medicaid, Planned Parenthood, etc. etc. The future of healthcare under the new administration is a big unknown. But one thing we do know - healthcare costs far too much. One of the key contributors to these costs is the over $200 billion per year in unnecessary medical care. In today's episode, we dig in to the reasons for these costs, and more importantly, we talk about the things we can do as healthcare consumers to reduce unnecessary medical care in our own lives. Resources: Unnecessary Medical Costs Low Value Care in Medicine Unnecessary Tests and Treatments Freakonomics Radio: Bad Medicine Choosing Wisely Be sure and subscribe in iTunes or Stitcher if you haven’t already. And you know we’d appreciate it so much if you would tell your friends about 2 Docs Talk! Listen on iTunes Listen on Stitcher Now Available on Google Play Music!
