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If you are heading into your doctors office and have an undiagnosed malady affecting your life, chances are he will order you a long list of tests, to find just what is bothering you. Your initial reaction might be one of surprise, and being glad that your doctor is truly trying to find out what is wrong with you, but if you dont have insurance, or in the insurance you have requires you to pay a co-pay for everyone of those tests, you might be whistling a different tune. Why do doctors order so many tests?

Well, some people believe that doctors get paid by the test. This isnt true at all. Doctors get paid by the hour, or by the patient. Not by the test. The tests are there for two reasons. The first reason is to protect you. The doctors need to run every test they can think of in order to protect you from a future malady, or to make sure that they dont misdiagnose you. They also need to protect themselves.

Thats right doctors everywhere order tons of tests that arent necessary to cover their own behinds. The do this to protect themselves, and their wallets from

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