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Transcript: Study: Treating Fractured Vertebrae May Not Help
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MELISSA BLOCK
NPR All Things Considered
08-05-2009
Study: Treating Fractured Vertebrae May Not Help
Host: MELISSA BLOCK
Time 21:00-22:00 PM
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MELISSA BLOCK, host:
From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block.
MADELEINE BRAND, host:
And I'm Madeleine Brand.
People get all sorts of treatment and surgery right now that doesn't necessarily work, but private insurance or Medicare still pays for it. Whether that should be the case is a key question, as Congress considers a health care overhaul.
Two studies published today in "The New England Journal of Medicine" illustrate the difficulty in answering that question. The studies evaluate a popular procedure for ...
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