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# Doctors should make the diagnosis
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/doctors-should-make-the-diagnosis-editor/
- Published: 2007-12-26T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T04:34:58.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Mike Kirwan Venice*

So many people don’t get medical procedures when insurance companies deny it. Whoever decides a procedure is not warranted should be a doctor who examines the patient, or they should be arrested for practicing medicine without a license.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 26, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/122607.pdf?ref=smdp.com)