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by resource_waste 749 days ago
I'm really excited for Latin America to develop their medical industry.

They don't have the legacy of corruption that US medical has. This means they are open to new techniques, have lower barriers to care, and ofc lower cost.

Given how many times US doctors are incorrect and are treated with multi-thousand dollar procedures... I have a fantasy of visiting multiple Latin American doctors, giving them my test results, and seeing what they think.

Or maybe AI will solve this entirely, and I only need to go to Latin America for things like surgery or pharma.

Whatever the case, I'm entirely over US Physicians as far as I can help it. The arrogance yet high misdiagnosis rate has pushed me into the Realist camp. There is no magic in US medical, just lots of money.

Why on earth Medical is structured to have a single point of failure(The lone doctor), is mind boggling. In Engineering, we have a manager, a senior manager, a director, a plant manager, and program manager all that need to approve something that isnt even life threatening.

Better hope your 1 doctor, who's a C student, legacy grad, got it right!

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You’ll see the magic when you have cancer and they miraculously pull out 50% odds of survival for something terminal everywhere else.
In the US if a doctor says that, you deal with it.

With multiple doctors, you are going to hear multiple opinions.

Your situation isnt factual or realistic. It is a dirty underhanded remark.

There’s a famous quote by a Brazilian far right-wing pundit: “In Cuba there are only 3 things that work: security, education and health”