re: OT: Have You Also Noticed Doctors Growing Increasingly Lazy?

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And before anyone starts saying how their doctors don't see poor people...you forget that most senior citizens have Medicare.

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What do having Medicare and being poor have to do with each other?

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dermatologist

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This is nothing new. I remember going to the derm when I was a teenager and he basically looked at my face for less than 10 seconds and wrote rx's. I told my mom, shite that's the best job in the world, didn't even touch me and was doing in less than a minute hello to goodbye and made bank.


PS - to clarify, I don't think doctors in general are increasingly lazy. There's good ones and bad ones just like every profession. They are more tight lipped now especially outside of the treatment room which is an evolution of increasing malpractice suits industry-wide.

It doesn't. I was talking about Medicaid. Some people may think their doctors don't see "those poor people with Medicaid." Even though more than likely they actually do.



Was just pointing out the lack of proper Medicaid/Medicare reimbursement affects most every doctor's office.

You never mentioned what your complaint was. It could explain why he was in there for 3 minutes.

Are you 15 years old (strong possibility judging by the way you post) and have a cough and runny nose?

He doesn't need to do a complete physical exam for that. Do you want him to stick his fingers in your arse? If you do, just ask.

Go be a resident for one month. Report back.

I'm tired of all these "my doctor is lazy! He doesn't spend enough time with me!" Posts with no other explanation

Are you 65 years old with a handful of chronic diseases and on 10 medications?

Or are you a 25 year old healthy hypochondriac that complains about every itch and scratch

If it's closer to the later you need to STFU. If you are lonely and looking for a friend go to the pound and pick up a stray cat

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It's horse shite how lazy my doctor is.

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Why did you go see him?
Did you have any complaints?
What did he not do, that he should have done?

I'm starting to think that the OT is just a bunch of lonely middle aged people who need a hug and a pat on the back

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I think it indicates a lack of intelligence to be able to convince yourself that "doctors" are a single homogenous group that could be labeled as lazy.

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You realize you're on the O-T right? Generalizations are the norm. They're expedient.

I do know Obama care is giving them a case of the red arse. It is understandable.

This is what the road to universal healthcare looks like. Longer wait times, shorter visits, and entitled patients.

Unlike 99% of occupations, doctors largely can't bill based on how good they are at what they do (except in cosmetics). They get paid mostly for volume of patients seen, and they get paid less and less as the years go by treating patients who are becoming more and more entitled. Imagine being a plumber who charges $180 for some job. You do it, and the client says, "Well, you may charge $180, but I'm only paying $100. And you have no choice but to take it." That is essentially what happens. Then, add in malpractice and increased regulations and increased paperwork and $300,000 of debt. It's a recipe for disaster.

If market forces were allowed back into medicine, much of this would be sorted out. Continue paying all doctors the same regardless of quality and you get what you pay for.

"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries." - Winston Churchill