Most of the doctors appeared to largely agree with Beck on the problems with government control. Most of the medical students seemed to like the government being in charge.
“Most of the medical students seemed to like the government being in charge.”
I noticed that too....I couldn’t believe it. I have tried to figure out why. Maybe they got brainwashed in their pre med studies at the liberal colleges.
Then there is this saying....(I don’t know the source)
“If you’re not a liberal when you’re 25, you have no heart. If you’re not a conservative by the time you’re 35, you have no brain.”
“Most of the medical students seemed to like the government being in charge.”
I noticed that too....I couldn’t believe it. I have tried to figure out why. Maybe they got brainwashed in their pre med studies at the liberal colleges.
Then there is this saying....(I don’t know the source)
“If you’re not a liberal when you’re 25, you have no heart. If you’re not a conservative by the time you’re 35, you have no brain.”
This shouldn’t be surprising... Medical students (I was one, once) are simply college students with the vast majority having the sole responsibilities of caring for their own needs while someone else (parents, govt, etc) is paying the freight. Once out in practice, as several of the practicing docs on the show stated, you not only have the increasingly onerous responsibilities of patient care in an ever growing 3rd party payer world combined with the landmines of treacherous trial attorenys, you are also a small businessman(person) with responsibilities of meeting payrolls, paying exorbitant taxes, leasing/purchasing incredibly expensive equipment, battling with insurance companies and gov’t bureaucracies, and raising families. As a practicing physician, I don’t know too many of my colleagues who are flaming liberals. True, you do find a higher % of Dr. Moonbats in academia and other non-private practice positions. But, the vast majority of docs become like most small businesspeople - conservative or libertarian. It would be most enlightening to take the same audience in Beck’s show (I saw it and it was the most honest and forthright portrayal of physician sentiments on this topic that I’ve ever seen) and reconvene them (esp the medical students) say 5 years after they graduate (don’t forget they have 3-8+ years of post-graduate training staring them in the face). I’d bet any sum that their viewpoints would be diametrically opposed to what they expressed on the show.