THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Monday, October 16, 1995 TAG: 9510140016
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A8 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: Short : 23 lines
The power of health-insurance companies to make medical decision continues to grow. I speak of decisions about what medication a physician can prescribe, what tests a physician can do and how long patients should stay in the hospitals. This trend leaves me filled with dismay and concern.
Disguising this practice with high-sounding phrases such as cost containment, judicious care, efficient management, etc., is fraudulent, immoral and unethical.
LEOPOLD S. MORENO, M.D.
Norfolk, Sept. 29, 1995 by CNB