I have major issues with the medical community. Before you get your scrubs in a bunch let me explain my point of view. I think you're all ignorant sons of B!7c#3'5 and I want to shove that clicker pen through your eye and out your a55! You might feel a little pressure :)
Disclaimer: In my lifetime I have come across a few GREAT doctors. They are the exception to this opinion and they are rare.
No one is good at everything. I get that. A really good carpenter may not be the best dance partner. An amazing coffee barista could possibly totally suck at computer programming. A doctor can memorize the shit out of a text book but blows whale ass at EVERYTHING ELSE. clipping their nose hairs. Treating their halitosis, speaking to their patients with anything other than arrogant condensation. Most specifically it's the business model. Let's examine three situations:
1. You hire a painter. They don't paint your house, but they do stand in the street weaving a paint brush which they refer to as a test to see whether the house is paintable. You do not pay this person that is ridiculous.
2. You order a meal in a restaurant. The waiter sings Don McLean's American Pie instead. Though you clearly stated you were hungry, the waiter insisted your hunger was caused by your need for more cowbell. You do not pay the bill, a classic was not what you ordered.
3. You go to the doctor for a specific symptom. The doctor takes a guess and gets it wrong. YOU PAY HIM. Then you have to go back for a second guess and a third and a fourth and you pay every time. But you don't pay him, you pay a company to pay him and then that company shares the pleasure and has you pay him some too. Before He'll even see you.
Do you know what other profession uses the same "pay me for guesses" business model? Fortune Tellers.
I have an idea that will revolutionize the industry. We get rid of insurance companies. BAM! gone. We pay the doctors directly at a reasonable and competitive rate. Whenever you are ill or require medical attention you see a team of doctors. The one that can cure you gets paid. And ONLY the one that can cure you. They need a test to figure it out? They pay for it. All other professions acquire the tools to master their trade at their own cost. It's an investment to increase their value and grow their business. Doctors should be the same. You need surgery? Pay the doctor and he pays for the room and the lights and the swabs and all the other ridiculous shit on the hospital bill. If you hire a caterer they don't charge you a separate bill because they used a kitchen.
Seems a little harsh. It is. I wanted it to be obvious in case a doctor was reading this.
"If it's not obvious then it's a mystery and I can't treat it" All Doctors
Disclaimer: In my lifetime I have come across a few GREAT doctors. They are the exception to this opinion and they are rare.
No one is good at everything. I get that. A really good carpenter may not be the best dance partner. An amazing coffee barista could possibly totally suck at computer programming. A doctor can memorize the shit out of a text book but blows whale ass at EVERYTHING ELSE. clipping their nose hairs. Treating their halitosis, speaking to their patients with anything other than arrogant condensation. Most specifically it's the business model. Let's examine three situations:
1. You hire a painter. They don't paint your house, but they do stand in the street weaving a paint brush which they refer to as a test to see whether the house is paintable. You do not pay this person that is ridiculous.
2. You order a meal in a restaurant. The waiter sings Don McLean's American Pie instead. Though you clearly stated you were hungry, the waiter insisted your hunger was caused by your need for more cowbell. You do not pay the bill, a classic was not what you ordered.
3. You go to the doctor for a specific symptom. The doctor takes a guess and gets it wrong. YOU PAY HIM. Then you have to go back for a second guess and a third and a fourth and you pay every time. But you don't pay him, you pay a company to pay him and then that company shares the pleasure and has you pay him some too. Before He'll even see you.
"I believe your migraines are caused by an excessive amount of money. If you give some to me and the rest to entities associated with me I believe you will feel basically the same." All Doctors
I have an idea that will revolutionize the industry. We get rid of insurance companies. BAM! gone. We pay the doctors directly at a reasonable and competitive rate. Whenever you are ill or require medical attention you see a team of doctors. The one that can cure you gets paid. And ONLY the one that can cure you. They need a test to figure it out? They pay for it. All other professions acquire the tools to master their trade at their own cost. It's an investment to increase their value and grow their business. Doctors should be the same. You need surgery? Pay the doctor and he pays for the room and the lights and the swabs and all the other ridiculous shit on the hospital bill. If you hire a caterer they don't charge you a separate bill because they used a kitchen.
Don't misunderstand I don't have an issue paying for services when services are received. My issue is that doctors no longer bother to treat their patients. They are paid the same rate regardless. Even if they are shitty doctors they see patients because insurance companies have them listed as the option they'll pay for. And it gets worse. The more treatment required the more payment received. Doctors benefit from prolonging your illness. Doctors also benefit by prescribing certain drugs. I have every reason to believe I experienced this recently due to an unscrupulous son of a B!7c# AKA doctor.
I would like to present that doctor with this offer. If there's money to be made in pain and suffering. How's abouts I push you down the steps and you can prescribe yourself whatever pays the bills. Blink once for the brand on your notepad and twice for the brand on your pen.
