[mcbobbington]

I think a medical license is a total joke. Now instead of quacks peddling snake oil, we get extremely expensive quacks with diplomas peddling snake oil. My wife has back pain and we paid for a $1000 injection the doctor recommended that did nothing.

[scient]

And I think people who make these kinds of ridiculous blanket statements are a joke.

[mcbobbington]

The government doesn't have any business telling anyone they can't smoke weed, and they don't have any business telling skmeone they can't get medical advice from someone they trust.

The licensure is a government run monopoly, which always leads to higher prices and lower quality care.

The fact is good doctors will be good doctors regardless of licensure because they will put in the effort to learn what's needed to treat the patient. Bad doctors will be bad doctors, becaude their motive is money, and they won't care about patients welfare either way. In some ways a license gives a false sense of security.

[a_imho]

Total joke is an exaggeration, but they are indeed guilty of pushing medications and expensive medical procedures as symptomatic treatment.

Still, he most frustrating aspect imo is they act as gatekeepers of (effective) drugs and sick leaves.

[CodeWriter23]

Quacks who repeat whatever their drug rep tells them. Can't be bothered to actually read the studies to see if they are rigorous or sham, that is, if they can actually tell the difference.