Today's Democrat meme - "Doctors are selfish quacks"

[Ishmael]

I'm guessing guilt. He makes a lot of money, and blames the "incentives." Poor bastard.

A year or two on the street begging for his crust of bread should certainly help.

Ishmael

 

[naughtycakes]

No. My wife and I both have our educations.

She has a masters.

She spends her day telling Doctors what they can and cannot do if they want to get paid by the insurance company or the government.

So what do you have against Harvard?

 

[off2bed]

You mean there are long waits for health care in the U.S.?

Surely you must be mistaken!!!!

Yes, it's common to show up on time for the appointment you made a week in advance, and wait an hour while the doctor scurries around seeing all the idiots with zero co-pays and nothing but a cold.

 

[Frisco_Slug_Esq]

I'm guessing guilt. He makes a lot of money, and blames the "incentives." Poor bastard.

He's not a real doctor...





His patients are "mental..."

 

[off2bed]

A year or two on the street begging for his crust of bread should certainly help.

Ishmael

A year or two of working for Uncle Sam would help, too.

 

[Saint Peter]

So what do you have against Harvard?

AJ is down on all education until it comes time for him to tell you about his.

 

[Frisco_Slug_Esq]

So what do you have against Harvard?

Fannie Mae...




That's where they got the people who cooked the books that crashed the house that Jack built...

 

[Frisco_Slug_Esq]

AJ is down on all education until it comes time for him to tell you about his.

It's wasted on welders.

This much is obvious.

I've only ever said you reach a point of diminishing return and all the money in the world will not make the general population less stupid.

 

[naughtycakes]

Yes, it's common to show up on time for the appointment you made a week in advance, and wait an hour while the doctor scurries around seeing all the idiots with zero co-pays and nothing but a cold.

But I thought the U.S. health care system is perfect, the best in the world! How could this be?

One hour? Pfft. Last time I went to the doctor, I waited an hour-and-a-half in the waiting room and then another 45 minutes in the examining room after the nurse left.

 

[tactful]

No wonder sick peeps have to sit in the waiting room for hours, the doctor is busy posting on a porn board.

More likely is that the doctors and/or hospitals are checking to see if you have enough finances to pay for the visit.

 

[Saint Peter]

It's wasted on welders.

This much is obvious.

I've only ever said you reach a point of diminishing return and all the money in the world will not make the general population less stupid.

I have a degree in welding. It did not make the general population any smarter.

 

[tactful]

Yes, it's common to show up on time for the appointment you made a week in advance, and wait an hour while the doctor scurries around seeing all the idiots with zero co-pays and nothing but a cold.

They're either paying cash or have better health coverage, or none at all, maybe they just want attention.

 

[Ishmael]

Have any of you mental midgets read Adam Smith?

Here's a BIG part of the problem. In 1982 there were 32,000 applicants to the nations medical schools and 16,567 were matriculated. In 2008 there were 43,000 applicants to the nations medical schools and 17,759 were matriculated. For a 33% increase in applicants, there was a corresponding increase of 6% in the number of graduates.

Who controls the number of wannabe doctors admitted to medical schools?

Ishmael

 

[off2bed]

But I thought the U.S. health care system is perfect, the best in the world! How could this be?

One hour? Pfft. Last time I went to the doctor, I waited an hour-and-a-half in the waiting room and then another 45 minutes in the examining room after the nurse left.

The problem with the system is not that there isn't enough government meddling, my dear.

The problem is that, while admittedly sounding like Ollie, the "incentives" for patients like zero or very low co-pay, encourage people to go seek medical treatment for things that go away on their own, like colds. With the Government system, that incentive will be increased greatly, making things even worse.

 

[off2bed]

More likely is that the doctors and/or hospitals are checking to see if you have enough finances to pay for the visit.

You just show your insurance card when you check in. If you don't have one, or are there for something not covered, there's a sign that reads, "all patients are expected to pay in full before leaving."

 

[off2bed]

Have any of you mental midgets read Adam Smith?

Here's a BIG part of the problem. In 1982 there were 32,000 applicants to the nations medical schools and 16,567 were matriculated. In 2008 there were 43,000 applicants to the nations medical schools and 17,759 were matriculated. For a 33% increase in applicants, there was a corresponding increase of 6% in the number of graduates.

Who controls the number of wannabe doctors admitted to medical schools?

Ishmael

Supply and demand. If doctors were as plentiful as burger flippers, an appendectomy would cost a hundred bucks. And you'd get fries with it.

How many doctors have come here from other countries? I know of a lot from India.

 

[naughtycakes]

AJ is down on all education until it comes time for him to tell you about his.

Yes, I've noticed.

Fannie Mae...

That's where they got the people who cooked the books that crashed the house that Jack built...

Yes, because your right wing blogs told you so

It's wasted on welders.

This much is obvious.

I've only ever said you reach a point of diminishing return and all the money in the world will not make the general population less stupid.

Wow, AJ, you're such an elitist! You rail against Harvard in one breath and then blast welders?

Education is wasted on welders? Really? What do you do for a living, other than post on Lit, home-school your China baby, whine about Obama and worship irrelevant writers?

Two of the most intelligent, well-read people I've met have been welders at one point or another and I know a former truck driver whose mental prowess is beyond your scope of understanding.

 

[Ishmael]

Supply and demand. If doctors were as plentiful as burger flippers, an appendectomy would cost a hundred bucks. And you'd get fries with it.

How many doctors have come here from other countries? I know of a lot from India.

Yep, the AMA can't control immigration. Yet.

Ishmael

 

[Saint Peter]

I could TIG weld all of your assholes shut if I really wanted to.

 

[Saint Peter]

Then you would be crying for doctors.

 

[Ishmael]

I could TIG weld all of your assholes shut if I really wanted to.

Is there a demand for those services?

Ishmael

 

[Saint Peter]

Is there a demand for those services?

Ishmael

Work has been a little slow...

 

[Ishmael]

Work has been a little slow...

Advertrise.

Ishmael.

 

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[Powertone]

You mean there are long waits for health care in the U.S.?

the waiting rooms are packed with Jose', Manuel, Maria, and dozens more who " don' speaka dee language..." leaving staff scurrying about looking for translators and finding medical forms in Spanish...