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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My respect for the professionals has gone down with them writing opioid prescriptions and the predatory billing

It is not a noble profession, the people are sharks like estate agents and corrupt cops. Nobody needs to think they are special just because they went to school[/quote]

I think they are special because they might be able to save my life, not just because they went to school.  Are there incompetent doctors?  Yes.  But I want the best of the best becoming doctors.  I don't want potentially great doctors deterred by the increasing debt burden for med school.  I feel the same way about teachers and teachers' salaries. [/quote]
Your life can be saved by the fire brigade or even perhaps the police

But those people will not lie to you about how much they charge or hunt you down for extra money, lie to insurance companies
People go to med school for the money, no other ideals
And then they discovered big pharma incentives by prescribing opioids

Interestingly, the opioid crisis did not get as crazy in other countries. Perhaps there the doctors treat a different species[/quote]

As a minority I'm way less afraid of doctors than the police.  Police may not lie about how much they charge (because they don't charge anything), but many have planted evidence or lied, resulting in innocent people going to jail.  Some for life.  Having said that, other police officers do a good job and protect our communities, so I have no problem with them getting paid more.  That doesn't negate the fact that I want the best minds becoming doctors so in the unfortunate event that I need major surgery, I have someone competent.  There are many doctors who become doctors for ideals other than money.  If money is their only goal (with no interest in helping others) maybe big law or investment banking would be a better choice.  I'm not sure why you are so jaded about/resentful toward doctors but I don't feel that same way. [/quote]

I’ve had doctors misdiagnose my child’s medical condition because they refused to look at her carefully or listen to me, recommend medications that would do more harm than good, leave me in the ER even though I needed emergency surgery because they did not want to leave home and come to the hospital, recommend surgery when I did not need it.  I have also had a doctor who sexually harassed me.  I have also had wonderful doctors who saved me from a lot of pain.  I have seen a lot of doctors do a lot of unethical things.

But doctors are of extremely varying quality in this country.[/quote]

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