Anyone else totally frustrated with US medical care?

[Anonymous]

Or is that so obvious I don’t even need to mention it?

Going to an appointment requires filling out a pile of forms. Doctors are often rushed, and even when they’re not I feel like they mostly only focus on their own specialized practice area, and instead of thinking through symptoms/issues, they just want to run expensive tests and labs, and as long as the test/lab comes out negative, that’s the end of the conversation no matter the symptoms that remain.

[Anonymous]

Is this a joke post?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this a joke post?

Sigh. So you agree? I don’t know, sometimes people claim they get good care. Occasionally I’ll find a doctor who seems better than others - usually self pay- but even they aren’t that great, I’ll realize they missed something etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this a joke post?

Sigh. So you agree? I don’t know, sometimes people claim they get good care. Occasionally I’ll find a doctor who seems better than others - usually self pay- but even they aren’t that great, I’ll realize they missed something etc.

I am okay with my doctors and care they provide. I also recognize they are humans and we all miss things sometimes.

[Anonymous]

I went for a bone scan today. This amazing machine that scans over your body and analyzes bone density. I’m sure it costs millions to develop. Wonderful. But it would be nice if I could go to a doctor who would help me with my constant fatigue and low grade headaches. It’s probably not that complicated of a fix - iron? thyroid hormone tweak? Vitamin d? - but doctors don’t seem capable of helping with symptoms like that.

[Anonymous]

You know Republicans have a plan coming in two weeks ..... oh two more weeks,....

It's been how many years now??????

[Anonymous]

they just type your symptoms into the computer and recite the response it provides. or they’ll face a lawsuit for deviating from the accepted practice. Dr AI almost here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I went for a bone scan today. This amazing machine that scans over your body and analyzes bone density. I’m sure it costs millions to develop. Wonderful. But it would be nice if I could go to a doctor who would help me with my constant fatigue and low grade headaches. It’s probably not that complicated of a fix - iron? thyroid hormone tweak? Vitamin d? - but doctors don’t seem capable of helping with symptoms like that.

If your insurance is willing to pay for comprehensive top-to-bottom tests to find out why you are having headaches, I am sure docs will be willing to do it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I went for a bone scan today. This amazing machine that scans over your body and analyzes bone density. I’m sure it costs millions to develop. Wonderful. But it would be nice if I could go to a doctor who would help me with my constant fatigue and low grade headaches. It’s probably not that complicated of a fix - iron? thyroid hormone tweak? Vitamin d? - but doctors don’t seem capable of helping with symptoms like that.

If your insurance is willing to pay for comprehensive top-to-bottom tests to find out why you are having headaches, I am sure docs will be willing to do it.

I’ve had plenty of tests. That part is easy, and certainly profitable for the medical industry. But I’ve found that if your symptoms fall within standard lab ranges, then you’re fine no matter what symptoms you have. So if your iron is low normal, as example, most doctors will say you’re fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:they just type your symptoms into the computer and recite the response it provides. or they’ll face a lawsuit for deviating from the accepted practice. Dr AI almost here.

Do they? My free chat gpt is better than many of my doctors.

[Anonymous]

Expensive and crappy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this a joke post?

+1. Have you been living under a rock OP? Nearly everyone agrees that US healthcare is expensive and yields incredibly poor outcomes given how expensive it is.

The only people who say otherwise are those who work for health insurance companies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I went for a bone scan today. This amazing machine that scans over your body and analyzes bone density. I’m sure it costs millions to develop. Wonderful. But it would be nice if I could go to a doctor who would help me with my constant fatigue and low grade headaches. It’s probably not that complicated of a fix - iron? thyroid hormone tweak? Vitamin d? - but doctors don’t seem capable of helping with symptoms like that.

If your insurance is willing to pay for comprehensive top-to-bottom tests to find out why you are having headaches, I am sure docs will be willing to do it.

That’s incorrect. Many headaches are not easily diagnosed by tests.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I went for a bone scan today. This amazing machine that scans over your body and analyzes bone density. I’m sure it costs millions to develop. Wonderful. But it would be nice if I could go to a doctor who would help me with my constant fatigue and low grade headaches. It’s probably not that complicated of a fix - iron? thyroid hormone tweak? Vitamin d? - but doctors don’t seem capable of helping with symptoms like that.

You're assuming there's always a "cure". For things like that, there often isn't. Get in better shape or magically turn 20 years younger.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this a joke post?

+1. Have you been living under a rock OP? Nearly everyone agrees that US healthcare is expensive and yields incredibly poor outcomes given how expensive it is.

The only people who say otherwise are those who work for health insurance companies.

That p poster said she/he has good doctors