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You made a good career decision. Healthcare sucks right now. The Clinton Administration basically handed our lives and worse yet... our entire medical records into the hands of a few companies. Now, some of the same people are controlling the vaccine serum stockpiles. The President needs to intervene and to discipline the system through either Homeland Security or Health-Human-Services. Although, I suspect that Gov. Thompson doesn't have the right guys around him to make it happen. The Bush 43 Administration needs some hachet people to go in and "renovate" the federal bureaucracy. This decision by ACIP may become the worst public health decision in our (possibly shortened) lives.

My goal after 8th grade was to pursue an MD and specialize in thoracic surgery. By the time I graduated at age 19 from UCSD, the legal profession had added excruciating malpractice insurance costs to the already financially difficult task of paying for med school.

My sister decided to stay in healthcare. She earned an RN and has been specializing in OB at Mercy Hospital in San Diego for over 20 years. The paperwork rat race is nudging her in the direction of doing something else.