An article in JAMA suggests that regional back pain is extremely common and can mostly be attributed to natural processes of aging. Too bad so many entrenched professionals -- doctors, chiropractors and lawyers -- are invested in the costly and adversarial search for injury and thus compensation (ABCNews.com via KevinMD).
Backaches and compensation
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| Isaac Gorodetski Project Manager, Center for Legal Policy at the Manhattan Institute igorodetski@manhattan-institute.org |
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| Laura Eyi Press Officer, Manhattan Institute leyi@manhattan-institute.org |



