Profit before patients.
My cousin is a nurse, and she has to spend a huge amount of her shift doing the paperwork. In fact, every nurse I have ever spoken to is frustrated with that, they feel like they are only doing half of what they should/could do directly for the patients.
I know their hands are tied (the good nurses) and I blame the facilities drive for profit over the quality of care.
Exactly. Insurance is insane, and gov regulations are insane.
My grandfather (who died before I was born) was a country doctor in Maine, he routinely did house calls, using a car in the summer and horse and sleigh in the winter, and was often paid in produce.