- The way medicine is practiced in the United States and insurance - those long term relationships have relatively disappeared.
My point is that if your desire is to be a clinician (which most med students strive to be), and not a coordinator, then primary care is not for you. Primary care was not initially a "coordinator" position - it has become that way bc of govt. Also concierge practice works in very few zip codes.
There's another poster from Mexico that also does the same thing, by contributing to the discussion and giving advice and not revealing that he/she practices in Mexico.
So does North Korea. What's your point? That as long as the country doesn't implode it's ok?
Yes in fact they do. They have their own NHS.
It's also described as "horrifying", but hey it exists, that's what matters right?
It's not impossible for us, the people of the US just don't want it. If you want it so bad, I'd suggest moving to one of the many countries that has it.
Of course I won't support it, but I believe in democracy, so if that's what the majority wants, they can have it. I'll have to find another place for my care, as do the tons of Canadians that come over here for medical care every year because they're unsatisfied with their universal health system.
I was responding to your remark about why we can't have one when North Korea does. We can have one. The problem is, most of us don't want one.
Agreed. Private practice opportunities and longevity of the patient-physician relationship are two major reasons I'm interested in Primary Care.
That's what is so difficult for him to understand. Most of the American people DON'T WANT a single payer system and the downsides of that system.
Also part of the reason that medicine is so satisfying is that you are able to do things for your patients. A single payer system takes that away from doctors. Forget salary. The autonomy of what as a doctor you are able to do for your patient disappears in a single payer system.
Absolutely. This is a big downside.
That too and the doctor is left holding the bag. No one gets mad at the third party payer -- it's all on the doctor.
Doctors always get blamed because the doctors are the public face of healthcare. The public has no clue what's going on behind the scenes.
Yeah, the scariest thing is that the VA scandal is just the tip of the iceberg. Who knows what we have yet to discover?
That's even more prevalent amongst college students who have been incessantly indoctrinated by their liberal professors to vote democrat. However, if you ask them why they voted for a democrat they can't tell you. If you ask them what Benghazi is, they have no idea.
Illl stick it out, but I tell you, if people can elect her, then they've shown they don't care about those innocent people, or America. For now, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.
I'm not a liberal or a conservative. I'm an independent that loathes both parties equally, but even my general disdain for the mainstream political parties is only a fraction of how much I detest the libertarian party. It isn't just the left that offers scathing criticism of Libertarians- there's a reason they're kept at arm's length or father from the modern right.
Same here, I'm out. It's time to find greener pastures anyway. America has gone way past the tipping point.
Why? Hillary Clinton is hardly an evil person. She's a politician who is incompetent and self-serving, but not an evil person.
I'd just like to add if anyone deserves to keep their money, it's the doctors. Just consider what they do compared to the average person, and what they have to go through to achieve.
I hate to say someone is evil, and I don't think Hilary is really "evil" but you'd probably think differently if you were the family of those innocent people who died, and then Hilary says, well it's over now.
That was pretty bad. Usually I give lawyers the benefit of the doubt, but the evidence is just crazy.
Yeah, I mean, Nothing wrong with laughing on tape when discussing how she helped a child rapist get away when she knew that he was guilty.
