More physicians are jumping on the bandwagon. See what patients get:
She believes that mainstream medicine “at one point in time was lucrative, but it is less so now with health insurance, litigation, and many doctors became discouraged. I think doctors are looking for another way to provide medical care for patients, and if part of that pays the bills, sure.”A typical evaluation of a new patient in Barber’s clinic, she says, takes about seven hours and she may order up to 90 laboratory tests. The day costs $3,000.
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