>>18
ghhh, right. "Conhecimento do Inferno" by António Lobo Antunes [tries to] answers this question rather excellently. One of the best pieces of 20th century literature by the way.
>>17,19
About the doctors: Please excuse my reluctance, but I think that's quite a stray from the topic and I don't want to bog it down with a T.I.R. post about doctors.

Your other points:

>whats with the economic approach...

>>1 's main complaint was the "taxpayer's dime" being wasted, which is inherently wrong when looking at the actual figures, which I duly provided. I did neither endorse nor repudiate the philosophy of estimating a method's value by its monetary consequences, I simply tried to bring some substance into my post, however unusual that may be!
Therefore, however intelligent your question and consecutive conjecture may be (and they are), it's a miscarried argument, because I never stated anything to the contrary (or anything expressing my opinion on the matter at all); maybe you should argue with >>1 about this issue.