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by Ericson2314 2163 days ago
Yes I'm so sick of the "need to work long hours" bullshit. It's an incoherent argument.

Higher more people, overlap shifts, problem solved.

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>Higher more people, overlap shifts, problem solved.

Sure, sometimes the solution is to just throw more money at the problem. However that doesn't mean the money is available to dedicate to that solution.

If the problem is money, they should just say so. The "but the outcomes" talk is still a lie.

Also US healthcare is so grossly inefficient it doesn't make sense to look at one cost center in isolation from a policy perspective, only from a the perspective of private sector actors I think shouldn't exist.

Hiring clinicians is expensive. Healthcare is already 18% of GDP. Where would you propose to get the additional funding?
Are you claiming the work hours of doctors are the expensive thing in all that?