Stories by Robert Farmer, M.D. on Madison - St. Clair Record

Let us look at some simple math and very basic facts regarding the health care reform debate. Last year, 70 million CT scans, at an average cost of $1,000 each, were performed in the U.S. at a cost of $70 billion. Why would 70 million CT scans be done in a country of 300 million people? Quite simply -- defensive medicine.