User talk:Harvey Frey

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Interesting remarks on the insurance coverage of alternative therapies vs more costly research

You wrote in the EBM discussion page: The main use of EBM is by HMOs and other prepaid managed care organizations, as an excuse to refuse to pay for expensive studies or treatments, while happily paying for inexpensive, untested, unproven treatments, such as herbal and other "alternative" medicines. This is something I never thought about. The references I provide after your comment explain what I perceive as a misuse of EBM. But I encourage you to provide more details and references, I am very interested. Pierre-Alain Gouanvic 17:41, 13 November 2007 (CST)