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by juve1996 1094 days ago
No, the problem is cost. The medical professional part is secondary because no one wants to pay for hypochondriacs who think their cough at 25 is stage 4 lung cancer based on webMD research, because getting a full body scan is expensive. If it was cheap then it wouldn't matter.
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You could argue that it will stay expensive, because the medical industry is acting as gatekeepers. The prime example of this is hearing aids.