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Old 07-12-2019, 11:05 PM
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Originally Posted by nihs
Are you located in the states? Why go over seas. There are many doctors that do adr here in the states now.
It appears you have read several posts on this forum explaining this. Among many reasons:

1. USA uses older, inferior ADR devices.
2. USA limits you to one lumbar level and two cervical levels.
3. Getting your insurer to pre-certify and pay the claim is a major undertaking.
4. By the time you pay your deductible and out-of-network penalty, there's no guarantee USA will be any less costly.
5. The US doctors try to bait you with ADR and then perform fusion on some or all of the levels.
6. The top US ADR doctors are much less experienced than the top European ADR doctors.
7. US doctors' number one priority is medical malpractice fear, number two is crowbarring their work into what the insurer will pay for. This leads to ultra conservative or non-ideal care that's not in the patient's best interests.

There's plenty more.
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