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Originally posted by Noah930
gchappel and turbo6bar, I have come to the realization that some people will just never "get it" regarding the realities of healthcare, today.
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No, I actually think I do "get it" regarding health care.
I will be the first to admit the system is broken. I just have not yet heard of a reasonable way to fix it. This is not about money. There is a huge shortage of medical staff- nurses, doctors, technicians. There is no shortage of lawyers and administrators. Why? My wife teaches at a nursing school. They can not get enough qualified staff to teach, or enough qualifed students to fill the graduating classes. I taught at medical schools and there simply are not enough qualified students interested in some of the subspecialties. It is not even the money- qualified people don't want the lifestyle or the job. I stress qualified, you really want your physician to be skilled and bright. I know of several physician openings locally in the $400-600,000 range that are going unfilled- heck no one even responds to the ads. If you know of any radiologist that want to move to florida let me know. The smartest and the best have other opportunities- in and out of medicine. They can make more in other careers, and have a better lifestyle. Who wants to listen to people that will lie and fake symptoms?? Who wants to work weekends, holidays, etc. Who wants to be exposed to blood, *****, belligerent patients,etc.
I don't have any idea of how to fix the problem- I assume you do. Money will not fix it. Double the salaries of all health care workers- and the problem will not go away. Let me say this again- money will not fix this. We are not in this for the money, there are easier jobs. Another part of the issue is people don't want to do the job. I know of several physicians and nurses that have quit medicine and are doing other things- these are intelligent, hard working people that can be succesful at other things. If patients knew what physician and other medical personel put up with they would have different respect for the field.
Our local ER's actually work pretty well, and they are fully staffed. My group covers 3 of them. People that need care, get care. Noone is turned away. Patients are seen by a nurse or physician within 30 minutes. Not all the time, but most of the time. We had 14 people injured in a van accident 2 days ago- sure did jam up the er for several hours. How do we staff for that?? BTW none had insurance- but they all got the same care that you or I would. The system is broken, but it still works.
Gary