Attached you find a link http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/fl-hk-groupon-medical-20110925,0,6420216.story to an interesting article titled "Are Groupon discounts for medical treatments illegal?" highlighting an important issue: Those big discounts on health care treatments offered on websites like Groupon may be illegal, medical law experts say. Not for the patients but for the medical professionals giving them.
"The law is very strict. This seems like a problem," said Michael Segal, a South Florida health-care lawyer. "I would urge [practitioners] to be very careful. You don't want to find out there's a concern after you have done it."
A number of national and local medical associations, including the Palm Beach County Medical Society last month, have warned members because the issue is still in doubt. Florida regulators said they have not discussed it. Medicare has taken no position. Nor has the American Medical Association or other medical trade groups.
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Bernd
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