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SOCIAL SECURITY:

Treating Symptoms

Or

Curing Patients

Imagine a woman feeling pain and discomfort in her throat. She goes to her local doctor, who upon examination discovers an unusual lump in her throat. That doctor refers her to a specialist, who performs a biopsy on the lump. The resulting test shows the lump to be malignant. Upon relating the test results to the patient, the specialist then advises the woman to take two Tylenol™ and spray Chloraseptic™ on her throat to ease any discomfort she feels when she tries to swallow. This ends the treatment of the patient.
In this scenario, no reasonable person would agree that the treatment of the woman’s condition was appropriate. In fact, the vast majority of reasonable people – including those who believe society has become too litigious – would probably agree that the woman should immediately file a malpractice suit against the specialist and seek to have that quack’s license......

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Approximate Word Count: 2622
Approximate Pages: 11 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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