Patients who have lost their jobs or seen their health insurance co-pays increase are also skimping on health care procedures in many ways. Doctors are reporting people are forgoing flu shots, negotiating doctor's bills, cutting back on surgical procedures or using free phone consultations instead of office visits.
The paper also reports that the current credit crunch is even affecting the financing of plastic surgery procedures.
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