I am currently almost completely under the care of several ‘ologists.
A Cardiologist, a superduper Cardiologist, a Urologist and 2 Oncologists. I also have a Primary Care Doctor, who seems to be there only to prescribe pills and act as a broker referring patients to ‘ologist.
What’s missing in that lineup?
A General Practitioner. Something that seems to have completly disappeared from American medicine.
They’re trying to kill as many as possible now.
It’s a confluence of big pharma, wokeness, heavy-handed insurance, and government/pharma/big tech/media COVID fraud that has destroyed American’s trust in healthcare. It’s really a perfect storm.
And like the mainstream media’s self-imposed implosion, it will be extremely difficult to gain that trust back…
Doctors are baffled.
I will say after the Covid fiasco my opinion of the healthcare industry has taken a very sharp dive.
Aside from the recent covid debacle I find our healthcare system to be very good. Short wait for appointments, respectful and caring doctors and good treatment. Granted I have not been hospitalized since 1991 but the outpatient procedures I’ve had have been great.
My mom died in 2021 after a week in the hospital and then about 24 days in a critical care rehab near our house. Frankly I don’t know how she could have gotten better care. The staff at the hospital and the care center were very good and sympathetic people.
Lowering the standards for medical students for “diversity and inclusion” isn’t helping at all.
“A key reason views of U.S. healthcare quality have been trending downward in recent years is that Republicans’ positive ratings have been subdued since President Donald Trump left office.”
CODWALLOP!
The reason views of healthcare quality are trending downward is that it sucks. If I ran a business like healthcare is run I would not be in business long at all. The system is neglectful, inefficient, uncaring and over priced. We don’t need national healthcare for healthcare to appear as a monopoly; it is a monopoly and behaves as one.
Rural healthcare is not, maybe more like benign neglect. Big city healthcare may be worse being active neglect in many cases. The burbs and money seem to do well enough though.
We may as well have national health care, we would at least maybe pay for what we get.
Health care delivery.. okay.
Health Insurance? Another story entirely.