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America to Debut This Fall  Posted: Updated:     Kopp scoffs at
the idea that doctors need rigorous and extensive training.
"Ninety percent of the things doctors do are routine. Computers
spit out the data, you can Google the diagnosis. What's the big
deal?" With the help from massive grants from the Gates and
Broad Foundations, DFA has developed a series of protocols based
on the statistics of health care challenges and appropriate
interventions. "You have diabetes? We'll prescribe insulin. How
much? Well, look at the test results and the weight of the
patient, it's on the chart. No big deal."  What about surgery?
"Hey, sometimes you have to use the ambulance personnel,
emergency medical technicians, you know? They are pretty
awesome. But for a lot of surgery... did you ever see those
Civil War movies and those doctors working with saws and
tourniquets? Awesome stuff." We will rely on a battery of tests
to determine if patients are well and to evalua