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[quote=Anonymous]I would wager it's in a state of collapse already. My dad recently passed away from cancer. He was seeing the best docs in the business at one of the top hospitals in the country. But the experience over the past 2 years was absolute hell for him, and my mom, who was thrust into a caregiving role. Dealing with the "system" was a nightmare. In a nutshell there were so many instances where the various teams and specialists he was seeing didn't communicate with each other, or something was missed in his chart, and my mom had to repeat the same information and even correct some staff on occasion to prevent deadly mistakes. She believes if she hadn't been there to be his advocate, he would've died a lot sooner from a medical error. And this happened to someone with plenty of money (my parents are pretty well off) and experience in the healthcare sector (Dad's career prior to getting sick). Can't imagine what it's like for someone who does not have these things--no one to advocate for them and double and triple check the massive amounts of treatment plans and information being thrown their way, possible language barriers, and lack of money! Awful.

I am not in any way casting blame on the Dad's doctors or nurses, who for the most part were excellent, compassionate, and were trying to do their best in a sh!tty system. Especially the nurses, who were truly special people. I don't know what the solution is. Hopefully the best and brightest in this country will figure it out and right the ship. But given the state of politics these days on both sides, I think sadly it's going to get a lot worse before it gets better. [/quote]

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