• Your Huckleberry@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Summation of conversations I’ve had with a doctor about the healthcare system.

    Doctor: “The system needs fixing.”

    Me: “Agreed, we need to socialize the healthcare system.”

    Doctor:“Not like that, I still wanna be rich!”

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        I have had something like it with my doctors. Talking about how bad the healthcare system is and not seeing a single payer as a good option without providing any other good option. My doctors are conservatives though that think lowering taxes is going to help them. They don’t seem to get in the current system they pay the highest taxes because they don’t increase them for anyone doing better for them (bussiness owners of a certain size or larger)

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          You never had such a conversation, no doctor ever said anything like that to you, and I’m fairly certain that all happened in your head during a shower.

          Why do people make up such unbelievably bad stories to tell on social media? Like if you’re 16 or 17 I get it but you’re not are you? You’re an adult. Making up stories for brownie points from strangers.

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            Woosh? I’m paraphrasing for comedic effect, but the sentiment was the same. I brought up socialized medicine and the doctor bemoaned medicare because the payouts to are too low. “I can’t run a business on medicare patients.” Is probably closest to what one actually said. You gotta read between the lines.

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            Sorry dude I have. Also had a doctor who asked me if I was married and I said no and so felt there is no need to discuss birth control them. Im sorry your experience in life is different than other peoples and you can’t even imagine circumstances or relationships that can be different than what you have experienced.

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      1 year ago

      You think the doctor has some say in how much medical care costs? This has nothing to do with the doctors. This entirely about the health insurance companies.