Posted by JML755 on May 13, 2010 at 05:47:26 from (66.184.63.110):
In Reply to: doctors posted by Allan In NE on May 12, 2010 at 20:16:46:
DeltaRed said: (quoted from post at 23:16:46 05/12/10) how come,docs today seem to think that more drugs/chemicals are the answer to everthing?is that all they learn in med school?
First, did you ever think that maybe the drugs are designed to be the answer for a problem?
Second, if they DIDN'T prescribe them and you found out later that there was a drug that would help your condition (notice the ubiquitous ads on TV: "ask your doctor about ....") you'd be the first to jump up and down and sue the doctor and call him incompetent.
I would bet that if it wasn't for modern medicine and the pharmaceutical industry today, that many of the people who frequent this forum would not even be alive today.
Everyone screams about the high cost of health care, but this ain't the days of a doc in a buggy with a black bag and stethoscope. People go to a doctor for a problem ("my neck is sore") and EXPECT a perfect diagnosis AND a PERFECT outcome. MRIs, CAT scans, lab tests, joint replacement, these things did not exist 50 years ago. You want the Cadillac of health care? It costs $$$$.
It's any wonder that a kid would go to medical school today with the 8-12 yrs of expensive schooling followed by people complaining that they make too much money, patients suing the pants off of them if they make any kind of little mistake.
Just heard the other day from my wife (who is a nurse) that BC/BS only will reimburse $43 for a return patient visit to her clinic. Heck, an oil change costs close to that these days. And her clinic is a specialty clinic (doctor referrals required) where patients go whose doctors can't help them. I think she said their cost for a patient visit was over $100.
Almost every day, I hear people brag about going in for a procedure to a doctor who is the "best" guy in town and then complain when they see the bill.The guy may have just saved their life but once they are cured, it's a different attitude toward the guy.
So, the next time you go for a doctor's visit, think about the knowledge and experience of the people in the office (or hospital) and the fact that some of them are making around what a guy with an 8th grade education working the assembly line at Ford is making.
And think about the guy in the lab at Pfizer who is working on a drug to ease your arthritis or cure your cancer.
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