Reduce Four Most Unnecessary Surgeries, according to AARP

On Promoting "4 Surgeries to Avoid," According to AARP, by J.D. Meyer
http://www.aarp.org/health/conditions-treatments/info-05-2011/4-surgerie...
I'm promoting this AARP article about overperformed surgeries as something of a sequel to the Fareed Zakaria special on advice for President Obama's second term. All of these surgeries are questionable in the long-term; some of these are "moneymakers for hospitals and doctors." Thus, keeping control over Medicaid/Medicare expenses could start here. Here are the four debatable surgeries: (1) stents for stable angina, (2) complex spinal fusion for stenosis, (3) hysterectomy for uterine fibroids, and (4) knee arthroscopy for osteoarthritis.