326
The increasing distrust many Americans have in modern medical advances is probably mostly due to our failing Healthcare system. (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Apytele@sh.itjust.works to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
57 comments fedilink hide all child comments

It's easy not to trust a system associated with charging you $500 for Tylenol. Much easier (and occasionally even safer) to just smell some lavender and hope that helps. Go to an ED and you could just die of a stroke or heart attack in the waiting room or even get run over by somebody who died of a heart attack while driving and just plowed through the waiting room because they couldn't afford an ambulance. And the Healthcare system is largely failing because of insurance companies. Burn inhumana and united quacks to the ground 2k24.

Edit: also housing. Fix the housing crisis and the Healthcare system could probably pull through despite the odds. There's a huge number of homeless people that just live in hospitals, especially psych wards and I'm not even kidding.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] Uranium3006@kbin.social 13 points 4 months ago

lack of residency spots by design and high student loans make becomming a primary care doctor a losing proposition. specialize to survive

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 10 points 4 months ago

Yep. If you look into how the USA produces doctors, it is over giant hazing ritual created by a person who loved cocaine.

[-] Tinidril@midwest.social 6 points 4 months ago

Or go to work at an insurance company denying claims. It's better money and less hassle.

Residency is almost just a hazing ritual for gatekeeping . I honestly don't think it makes doctors better. However, residency is not new, but the building doctor shortage is. My primary care physician of 20 years just retired early because the corporation that bought out his office was pushing him to take so many patients for such little compensation that it just wasn't worth it.

[-] sudo42@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

corporation that bought out his office was pushing him to take so many patients for such little compensation that it just wasn’t worth it.

Can we all agree that letting Wall St corps enshittify every aspect of our society so they can reap extreme profits at everyone else’s expense needs to end?

[-] Tinidril@midwest.social 1 points 4 months ago

I might put it more violently, but.... Yes.

this post was submitted on 19 Apr 2024
326 points (94.5% liked)

Showerthoughts

29165 readers
536 users here now

A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

Rules

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
vatlark@lemmy.world
forkball@lemmy.world
quinten@lemmy.world
Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world