>It just takes longer to train a physician because there are human lives at stake.
Airbags?
Our electrical infrastructure?
Our plumbing?
Please, there are plenty of of industries that have lives at stake and we don't have a cartel controlling the supply of people. The issue is that we don't have enough Physician(By design), so they need to operate independently. Any other industry has multiple layers of qualified people checking to make sure things are safe.
I kind of dream of a world where you'd have 1 physician and a physician manager and a physician director all looking at your paperwork. Instead you get 1 total.
I don’t want to trivialize the amount of work that goes into airbags, electrical infrastructure, or plumbing.
However, the human body is much more complicated. Would you trust the life of a loved one who, God forbid, has cancer or needs surgery to a person with a fraction of the education and training physicians receive?
By the way, I’m reminded of a joke: a doctor called a plumber for a faucet leak. The plumber fixed it in 5 minutes and charged $175. The doctor said “how can you charge that much for 5 minutes of work? I spend a whole hour with a patient and charge less!” The plumber said “that’s exactly what I used to say when I was a doctor.”
> Would you trust the life of a loved one who, God forbid, has cancer or needs surgery to a person with a fraction of the education and training physicians receive?
False dichotomy.
Right now the ACGME limits the number of residents. This causes a lower supply, so instead of having 6 surgeons working on you, you have 1-3. Do you only want a few people fresh from residency working on you? Or a bunch of physicians with various experience?
Also, plot twist, we own a medical company. (not physicians, but a different cartel that is paid way less and got a pay cut since 2016) You can treat 7 people per 37 minutes, each paying between $40-$125. Physicians is way worse, you can charge $250 for 5-10 minutes.
(Note that this ignores documentation costs/times, but it should give you an order of magnitude to play with.)
We don't do that blatant 7 people per 37 minutes, its more like 1 person per every 60 minutes, but as the clinic grows we've had 2 people per 60 minutes out of necessity. The hospital/other clinics do this.
I need to do an AMA on owning a medical clinic. My wife, the primary doctor, isnt exactly happy that I bite the hand that feeds. We already lost our chiropractor referrals because I couldn't handle their mysticism and spoke out against it.
Airbags?
Our electrical infrastructure?
Our plumbing?
Please, there are plenty of of industries that have lives at stake and we don't have a cartel controlling the supply of people. The issue is that we don't have enough Physician(By design), so they need to operate independently. Any other industry has multiple layers of qualified people checking to make sure things are safe.
I kind of dream of a world where you'd have 1 physician and a physician manager and a physician director all looking at your paperwork. Instead you get 1 total.