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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Covid has changed healthcare dramatically. Healthcare workers concerns are front and center and patient concerns are far down on the list. In the real world people work more than 40 hours a week, deal with unpleasant people and take their jobs seriously. If they don’t care about their career and, in most cases, exceed expectations they will be forced out and certainly not progress in their field. Healthcare workers hold your life in their hands and they know it and there’s a good chance they don’t care. Did you ever notice that when you have a problem (you’re in pain, a billing issue, you need to schedule an appointment, etc) [b]you walk away knowing all their problems and don’t get resolution for what you came for (even though that’s what their job is).[/b]
When a savvy person is in need of medical care they learn early on that no one cares about them. If you’re smart you feed their egos and even bring treats if you’re in the system with a chronic illness. 
And you pray, a lot, and hope you are not harmed physically or emotionally. [/quote]

YES! I've learned more ingratiating behaviors (compliments, active listening as they trauma-dump, remembering their trauma-dump stories from visit to visit, bringing treats/sweets) dealing with whitecoats than I did in my abusive marriage. I divorced that guy; [b]I can't divorce the entire US healthcare machine.[/b][/quote]

There is only one constant in your interactions.[/quote]

Correct: that the US healthcare system sucks, and that some clinicians would rather blame their ill patients than look at their own involvement.

If it were just me, as you seem to be implying, there wouldn't be multiple threads on the subject. But go off.  :roll: [/quote]

There are millions of healthcare interactions a day. The numeric small minority that have decided the US healthcare system is a disaster making a few threads is statistically so far into the insignificant territory it’s like the head of a microscopic pin.[/quote]

I would never argue US healthcare is a disaster because as things go, it's pretty good to outright impressive in delivering high quality care. But it's also exploded in complexity in the last 20-30 years and now comes with an enormous bureaucracy that makes dealing with healthcare, once you have an issue, frustrating and byzantine. All bureaucracies are automatically defensive, protecting themselves and their entities rather than the people they ostensibly serve. Like all bureaucracies, it's staffed by generally not the brightest in society. Then add the dimension that you're dealing with people's own health and frailness. No wonder tempers can be high.[/quote]

"It could suck more" is a thin blanket, but I agree with the rest of your comment. It works great until/unless it doesn't, and then recourse is practically non-existent. [/quote]

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