71.   In the others, the surgery was a sham, designed to test the placebo response, in which patients get better simply by thinking they have been treated.

72.   Is it better to blame instead the doctors at Acme for not insisting that the patient get more antibiotics for his arm infection?

73.   It also required patients to get approval from their primary-care providers before going to chiropractors.

74.   It is expensive, and patients do not get the benefits of steady monitoring from a doctor who knows them.

75.   It used to be you could just open a vial of penicillin in the same room with pneumococcus and the patient would get better.

76.   It will be difficult for cancer patients to get supplemental coverage.

77.   Janett says his patients are also getting better service than ever from specialists.

78.   LBJ demanded that poor and elderly patients get government help for their health bills through Medicaid and Medicare, respectively.

79.   Many hospitals are enlisting doctors and nurses in an effort to develop plans that, among other things, would sort out which patients should get which implants.

80.   Many patients now can get around the lists by asking their doctor to write a request to the health insurance provider.