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Yes, but all those professions require the oversight of a MD.
A doctor, or group of doctors who deeply care about profits.
I'm not knocking profits. I know it's all about money. It's just when you can't increase competition, you have no control over prices. The amount of time, and political BS, a doctor has to go through just to get through medical school is rediculious. Then there's the residency--that's the apprentiship. When they get out--know wonder they want a lot of money for what they went through. I don't have a simple answer, but I would like to see more government built medical schools; increasing the supply. I would further like to see most drugs available over the counter, with the exception of antibiotics, and very strong pain killers. I would like to see a society, where a patient who is on a long term medication, only has to see a doctor once a year, or if the patient needs a higher dose. (Right now most patients only need to see a doctor once a year, in order to get refills, but very few doctors are willing to authorize a year's worth of refills. They want to bill for those office visits. I understand it in some situations. In other situations, I don't understand dragging in patients, especially those patients with lousy insurance, or no insurance.) I don't have a simple answer. I'm on medications--I can't just stop. I've felt hostage to the system for too many years. I am greatful to the Health Care Act though. I know, you guys all hate it. Yes, it has faults, the Insurance/Pharmaceutical companies took advantage of, but let's see what the system looks like when the next Republician president vetoes it? |