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re: Average wait time to see a doctor in US as new patient is 26 days minimum
Posted on 7/16/23 at 6:47 am to cwil177
Posted on 7/16/23 at 6:47 am to cwil177
quote:Wait a minute, are you telling me that our all knowing and caring government is creating a crisis? Why on earth would they do such a thing?
While medical school classes have increased over that time the actual federal funding for training these new doctors has remained static. Direct your ire at the government, not some nebulous board of doctors hiding out in a dimly lit board room conspiring to keep doctor salaries high.
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Posted on 7/16/23 at 7:29 am to GeauxWrek
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knowing and caring government is creating a crisis
It’s naive to think physician groups and organizations haven’t played a role in influencing government policy. It’s another example of licensing originally protecting the consumer but evolving into protectionism.
It obviously isn’t any one thing, which makes fixing everything very complex.
Doctors leave school with an average of $200K-$250K of debt. Outside of their control, they are paid by what they DO to patients. The higher paying specialties do procedures. You can encourage med students to go into primary care until you’re blue in the face, but they aren’t stupid.
They way doctors are paid has to change, among with a lot of other things.
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