Dear members, Thank you notifing me of the shadow side of moving AHCPR away from policy-making. But I wonder if insurance companies accepted such conduct of queer surgeon or not. I think surgical therapy costs a lot than conservative therapy to chronic low back pain.Cheaper therapy is preferred to those insurance company.Why not? And, are true patient advocacy groups still silent? (Fake patient advocacy group forced to abolish AHCPR, BUT true consumers welcomed this?) Best regards Saio ******************************************************** Saio,Takeo MD. e-mail;[log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] Ando Hospital,Japan 72-1,Hanike Karausu-cho,Tsushima,496-0026,Japan //////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ******************************************************** %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%