[neverdem]

The Times is referring to this article, Heart Scanner Stirs New Hope and a Debate

[Rhiannon]

MRI's were originally restricted to one unit per state and cost was exhorbitant. The more MRI's, the more use. Costs were reduced. Same will be true with the scanner. The more it is used even for non necessary items will reduce the cost per unit.

I don't quite agree with the chickern little that a faster , less stressful, more accurate diagnostic tool will be bad.

[neverdem]

FReepmail me if you want on or off my health and science ping list.

[norwaypinesavage]

"Used recklessly, however, the scans could break the medical bank."

I had one. I paid for it 100% out of my own pocket. Please explain to me, NYT, how this will "break the medical bank"?

[William Terrell]

They take seconds to conduct and require no recovery time. . .

Then why do they cost $700?