• oyzmo@piefed.social
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    3 days ago

    Sounds like a good move. Private firm with a maximize profit focus, that gives you the riches doctors and owners, not the healthiest healthcare

  • Wilco@lemmy.zip
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    Ban them from the bill collection process as well. They are bypassing Medicare to collect directly from patients and saying thier medical release allows them to collect the entire amount from the patient if they decide Medicare didn’t pay enough.

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    3 days ago

    Bring back herbalists, witch doctors, healers, alchemists, and barbers who moonlight as surgeons. We’re going to end up needing them.

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      We still do that, they’re called chiropractors now.

      This is your daily reminder that the founder of chiropracty claims the practices were taught to him by a literal ghost. They are not doctors and they reject science.

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        The bone tappers are the worst. I can see how “adjusting” someone may provide temporary relief but tapping on your bones!? WTF

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    PE and teledocs reduces the number of private physicians in general by snatching them up or allowing htem to staff hospitals with less MDs. this reduces the quality of care, and discourages people to become doctors.