I agree with you as well. The revision of invasive medical practices is not always related to the downgrading of medicine in government health care. U.S. Preventive medical care and testing has really gotten out of hand and causing needless invasive procedures. Some excellent books in this area are written by Dr. H. Gilbert Welch - professor of medicine at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, who is a co-author of “Overdiagnosed: Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health.”
Essay by him in NY TIMES -
Testing Standard Medical Practices
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/20/opinion/testing-standard-medical-practices.html?_r=0
Also author, Should I be Tested for Cancer?
http://www.amazon.com/Should-Be-Tested-Cancer-Maybe/dp/0520248368
Thank you for the links. I love the title of that book!