[QQ00]

law is a parasitic job, with shit life-work balance, if you want a job, unless you want to work solo, good luck finding a law firm that wants you.

medicine will always be the most secure and stable career, still has a shit life-work balance too.

[bigthymer]

> medicine will always be the most secure and stable career, still has a shit life-work balance too.

It only is because it effectively has a guild\cartel system preventing an oversupply of doctors and that we have an aging population that increasingly demands medical care.

[OutOfHere]

The government protects their cartel system at every level. I can't even legally get a blood test without authorization from the cartel.

[eudamoniac]

If you're in the US, you can. LabCorp and others sell blood tests. Your insurance won't cover it is all.

[OutOfHere]

It ruins into two issues:

(1) The test has to be signed by an online doctor. The firm arranges this implicitly, but it's not free. I can't go directly to Quest for any random test I want. The tests offered directly by Quest without an intermediary are too expensive and too few.

(2) States like New York throw a wrench in it by disallowing anyone with an in-state billing address from ordering such tests.

Ideally I should be able to pay the same low rate that the insurance firm would minimally pay, but in practice I can't. I have to pay a lot more if I can get it at all. The cartel is strong.