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0 pointsn8henrie1mo ago0 comments

> you can't order many of your own labs

Really? Which ones?

> insurance won't pay for them

Non sequitur, replacing doctors with AI will not help you pay for the preposterous US healthcare system. Vote!

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jmalicki1mo ago· 2 in thread

> > you can't order many of your own labs > Really? Which ones?

There are extremely short lists of labs you can order yourselves. Virtually all of them are not on those short lists?

n8henrieOP1mo ago

I would love to hear of any specific example, I will happily either show you how to order it or learn something myself.

jmalicki1mo ago

Arterial blood gas. Calcium score (may not count as a lab). Skin biopsy for cancer (does it count as a lab?). I'm unaware how to order my own troponin if I think I've had a heart attack (not that that's one I should DIY diagnosis). Prostate specific antigen.

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