Ryan Ginstrom wrote:


> Interesting, thanks. I personally sometimes wonder if the extra X-rays/CTs
> are ways of earning some extra money by Japanese doctors in the presence of
> mandated prices, sort of like prescribing way too much medicine.

Well, the whole medical check is surely just a concealed subsidy from 
the govt to the medical industry, just like the way we get more new PCs 
than anyone can ever use. The medical set-up seems incredibly bloated 
and inefficient, like just about everything else here. Since that 
"everything else" includes my salary, I shouldn't really complain. Of 
course, a comparison with the UK really is from the sublime to the 
ridiculous, both in terms of healthcare and spending on scientific 
research (my job).

James
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