re: Dental student dies in ICU. Only MD present for hours was telehealth.

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How many American doctors could we find with $200B requested for this war?

They’ll tell us we need to import foreign doctors instead of paying for the training of American ones.

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It is not a matter of not being able to find doctors. All it would take is to accept enough students to medical school to fill our neeeds. The admissions boards keep a slight shortage of medical professionals in this country in order to keep salaries high.



ETA: There is absolutely no reason you should have to have political pull to get into medical school.

You think the fed govs job is not military, but finding doctors for you?

No mention of tuition costs or a welfare state that clogs up the medical system with people who intentionally dont take care of themselves..... just orange man bad.

What a good little peon you are.

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How many American doctors could we find with $200B requested for this war?

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How many could we afford if not spending trillions supporting 20 million illegals?

Agreed. Failure on many levels. Gonna be a field day in court if it makes it. They'll be desperate to settle.

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Like would the story garner any less sympathy if the dude was a dumbass at the bottom of his class?

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Reminds me of the old joke..."what do you call the guy who graduated dead last in his medical school class?"


"Doctor"

They are the ones that set prices and inflate costs. The more money they handle, the more they make. They also burden practices with overhead required for complex coding/billing, precerts, PA's. If shite went back to 1999. I could cut my overhead by at least half, probably much more. Not to mention even more documentations, chart audits and other bullshite that requires extra staffing.

got my yearly dose of medical industry today.

Been dealing with nasal congestion / drainage for about 9-10 days. Runny nose, phlegm, and a drip. No headaches, body aches, fever. Thought it was allergies for the first week because I did a lot of yard work a few days before.


Went into my local emergency care place this morning. Arrived the same time as a shady hispanic character, who apparently asked to have the stitches taken out of the top of his head.

When filling out endless forms on a tablet at the same time he goes to the front desk attendant to asks in broken english if he has to put in a phone number to advance to the next page. Attendant say “Yes, it is required. Do you have a phone number?” No, of course not. Attendant asks if he has a primary email address instead? No, of course not. With a blank look, takes the tablet, somehow forces it to the next page and hands it back. 2-3 minutes later the guy walks up and says he doesn’t have insurance right now.


I’m done filling out my paperwork and am taken back. I get my vitals taken within a few minutes. Then sit alone in a patient room for an hour and 45 minutes. Meanwhile I can hear the Hispanic dude being taken care of in the next room.


Waited a full 2 hours and left. Called tele-doc instead. That’s where our American healthcare system is now. The likely illegal immigrant who refuses to provide contact information or insurance is prioritized over the tax-paying citizen popping in for a steroid shot/prescription to kick an upper respiratory infection. Personally, I can’t wait for AI to replace the majority of the medical industry in the next 10-15 years.

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Medical school enrollment was a record high last year and you think you were making a point with this nonsense.

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Something no one wants to talk about is how the higher percentage of females taking up these slots has reduced access to care. It's about 50/50 or even 55/45 female/male. Many women work part time if they practice at all. And anyone can tell you that for the most part, male doctors are more productive. The numbers may be higher, but it creates a functional shortage.

You also have a large number of doctors working for insurance companies to review and deny claims. Pays better than working, especially for marginal MD's.

It don't pay what it used to and their is not significant incentive to work harder. Hospitals/Corporate manipulates RVU's so most do just enough to get by. Those of us in private practice have found other income streams that don't involve insurance, so fewer spot for patients.

Y'all wanted businessmen to run medical like a business and make it cheaper. We warned y'all, and now here we are.

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A lot of rural hospitals have telehealth critical care physicians who advise remotely what to do based on the information they receive. Usually in the circumstances there’s at least an internist or family medicine doctor admitting them to their ICU until they can be sent to another facility. Not sure what the arrangement is here but definitely is heartbreaking this play out.

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Do they prescribe treatment and meds and the nurses carry out the care?

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Do they prescribe treatment and meds and the nurses carry out the care?

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Yes. Some do it because it's their only option, they are almost always foreign and generally not of high quality AKA cheaper. They play it up as getting access to the best doctors available, but it's usually the cheapest. Most of them barely speak English.