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. . . and soon enough, AI will take over most of the basic health care business.
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That would be a fantastic use of AI. Certainly not to replace medical professionals, but to help us understand and coordinate care. Goes back to the original intent of this post.
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Steve-arino, glad that you're healthy and you're so right. I recently called to schedule a necessary, but unpleasant procedure that should be done every 3 years given my family history. The rather abrupt person answering the phone said quickly 'did we send you a letter?' well, no. I'm advocating on my own behalf that it is time for me to have this scope, so could we please schedule it?
I fear that without this proactive approach it might not have gotten done. Hopefully all is well, and I'll know for sure next month!
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Well you got it half right. Insurance agents drove up the cost of medical care over the past 50years or so. The lawyers are just doing their jobs keeping the medical folks in check and making sure the bad practitioners don't last long or hurt too many people. Oh yeah, and doctors seem to charge a fortune (more than my lawyer even!) and I don't see too many of them driving junkers or living in shacks.
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Very poor people were getting hurt and injured and couldn't hire lawyers to sue on their behalf. Lawyers would not waste their time to risk taking the case of a poor person. To incentivize lawyers to take the case, the government allowed lawyers to receive 1/3rd of a settlement. This incentivized lawyers to keep filing for more, and more, damages starting the frenzy of ambulance chasing, skyrocketing claims and advertisements of tens of millions of dollars in settlements. Doctors are not the problem. I would maintain no one should be filthy rich but I would begrudge no doctor from being the highest paid citizen. Personal injury lawyers and malpractice lawyers (I think) make much much much more than the doctors they sue.....even if the doctor didn't drive to court in a junker.
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The contingency fee arrangement did not drive up settlements. No need to settle a case if you're not liable. Mistakes happen. Medical mistakes happen. People who are injured through such a mistake need to be compensated. I know plenty of doctors who whine about their malpractice fees yet admit that if something went wrong it would do serious damage to someone's life and there's no way to make up for it save money for future care. I'm sure they have NO idea how much that costs and clearly wouldn't want to pay out of pocket. Thus insurance (another bunch of cash grabbers) covers the cost. You "would begrudge no doctor from being the highest paid citizen". I'm not sure why though. They're just doing a job and there's plenty of people that do that don't get anywhere near the pay and work so much harder. Despite what my doctor friends believe they are not gods. |