Stent Report Shows Broader Flaws of Our Health Care System, Abbott Laboratories Not Pleased

Baltimore Sun -- It may be too early to conclude for certain that Dr. Mark Midei is to blame for excessive and improper implantation of cardiac stents in his patients at St. Joseph Medical Center, but after a report on the matter by a U.S. Senate committee, it is not too early to conclude that the system by which doctors, hospitals and medical device makers profit from the high volume, if not high quality, of health care is deeply flawed.

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