Comments on: I HAD ARTHROSCOPIC KNEE SURGERY http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/11/25/i-had-arthroscopic-knee-surgery/ Cleaning the Augean Stables of the Health Care Debate Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:00:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Matt Horn http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/11/25/i-had-arthroscopic-knee-surgery/#comment-396391 Matt Horn Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:22:28 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/11/25/i-had-arthroscopic-knee-surgery/#comment-396391 Mark, you have private health insurers and the NHS confused. Private insurers generally cover what is deemed medically necessary regardless of the severity of the symptoms. If you catch and correct early, a course of treatment will usually cost less. See, the free market at work! Isnt it wonderful! Mark, you have private health insurers and the NHS confused. Private insurers generally cover what is deemed medically necessary regardless of the severity of the symptoms. If you catch and correct early, a course of treatment will usually cost less. See, the free market at work! Isnt it wonderful!

]]> By: Catron http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/11/25/i-had-arthroscopic-knee-surgery/#comment-396314 Catron Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:32:30 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/11/25/i-had-arthroscopic-knee-surgery/#comment-396314 Marc, you really should to read beyond the headlines. You would make fewer embarrassing mistakes. The NEJM study that got so much attention recently didn’t show that arthroscopic knee surgery is a “sham.” What it showed was that the procedure isn’t very helpful to people with osteoarthritis. I don’t have arthritis. My problem was a torn meniscus. Despite the predictable misreporting by the “news” media, the only finding related to my type of injury is that minor tears can sometimes be present without causing symptoms (i.e. pain). I can assure you that my tear wasn’t minor and that its “symptoms” were quite pronounced. I can also assure you that you have no idea what you're talking about on the insurance coverage for these procedures. My health plan paid for the procedure without a peep, and standard health insurance pays for this procedure 98 percent of the time it is done in my hospital. If this were not the case, we wouldn’t be doing it. Marc, you really should to read beyond the headlines. You would make fewer embarrassing mistakes. The NEJM study that got so much attention recently didn’t show that arthroscopic knee surgery is a “sham.” What it showed was that the procedure isn’t very helpful to people with osteoarthritis.

I don’t have arthritis. My problem was a torn meniscus. Despite the predictable misreporting by the “news” media, the only finding related to my type of injury is that minor tears can sometimes be present without causing symptoms (i.e. pain). I can assure you that my tear wasn’t minor and that its “symptoms” were quite pronounced.

I can also assure you that you have no idea what you’re talking about on the insurance coverage for these procedures. My health plan paid for the procedure without a peep, and standard health insurance pays for this procedure 98 percent of the time it is done in my hospital. If this were not the case, we wouldn’t be doing it.

]]> By: Marc Brown http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/11/25/i-had-arthroscopic-knee-surgery/#comment-396119 Marc Brown Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:48:02 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/11/25/i-had-arthroscopic-knee-surgery/#comment-396119 I take it you're aware that arthroscopic knee surgery is well known as a sham procedure - physical therapy is mostly better - and that most of your health insurers won't cover it for mild to moderate symptoms in any case. I take it you’re aware that arthroscopic knee surgery is well known as a sham procedure - physical therapy is mostly better - and that most of your health insurers won’t cover it for mild to moderate symptoms in any case.

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