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Re: The Mainstream Enemy....
by PhilfromCalifornia

"no CARE reforms"

I have heard nothing of how the medical database is being treated in the various forms of the healthcare bill. That is a shame because, at least in the hands of some competent technocrats, it is the key to care reform. I am sure there is great fear of such a database among the care providers, the drug manufacturers, and the agencies charged with regulating and monitoring this stuff. I am sure it is apparent to you what information could be extracted if every sale (at all levels)and use of every drug or element of care is recorded and an outcome either reported or derived from later data. I am sure your company was able to detect many frauds (except by yourselves, naturally) by perusing the available data. Think what it would mean if orders of magnitude more data was available to be mined.

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