A short YouTube video by Marshall Allen warning that about one-fourth of U.S. healthcare is estimated to be unnecessary and advising patients to challenge discretionary medical recommendations by asking clinicians “What happens if we wait?” to reframe risks and avoid unneeded tests, treatments, or drugs. The speaker points viewers to a link with more resources.
There's only one thing worse than paying a lot of money for health care. That's paying a lot of money for health care that you don't need. Did you know that about one fourth of all the health care that gets provided in the United States is estimated to be unnecessary? There are all kinds of tests and treatments and drugs that doctors will recommend to you that you don't actually need. So here's the question that you need to ask your doctor. Next time they recommend a service or a treatment or a drug that's discretionary, that just means it's not obvious that you need it, they just want to try it. Ask your doctor what happens if we wait? What happens if we don't do it right now? By asking that question, you're going to make the doctor reframe the conversation to start talking about not providing the treatment. What's the risk of not providing the treatment instead of the risk of receiving the treatment? That way of reframing the conversation will help you avoid unnecessary care that you don't actually need. Check out the link below for more information. I've got lots of resources to help you.
Marshall Allen, "Never Pay the First Bill' Part 1 | The Ovation Show w/ Dan Labroad
