One of the flaws of a for-profit healthcare system actually; doctors will jump at the opportunity to make a few hundred bucks on a useless procedure. Of course, that's a classic case of the non-aggression principle not being applied.
Didn't you leave, Sven? Or are you the sock of another poster? 
I asked him about this one a few days ago, he confirmed it wasn't him. Sven is a pro-choice 18-year-old male who presumably does not care about this terribly important issue, and he also typically uses proper spelling and grammar.
