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@dashrender I don't claim to care one bit about our customers, but I don't work in a field that has the word "care" in it's name. And if doctors really did care at all, the American health care system would be much less of a joke. Doctors haven't cured anything in decades because they figured out all the $$$$$$ is in treatment of disease, not eradication of disease.
That's a whole different story.
If doctors actually cared, then money wouldn't drive everything they do. They may seem to "care" while they're in the same room as you, but they care more about that new vacation house on an island, or their new, ridiculously expensive supercar, or whatever. The patient is just a cash cow, and they only need to care enough to keep that revenue stream rolling.
Why yes, I am VERY cynical... I call it being realistic.
Do you consider doctors elsewhere on the planet (in first world countries) different? To that end I have no idea.
It seems unlikely that doctors in France/Germany/UK, etc aren't thinking about expensive supercars either.
These are people after all. While there are some people who give fully of themselves for others, I certainly don't expect it from most.
I really don't know anything about doctors in other countries. All I know is that the US is the only place where drug companies advertise so heavily that they have tricked the patients into asking for or demanding this or that new prescription drug. I know that in other countries, the doctor tell you what medicine to take, not the other way around. In that respect, I'm sure that most foreign doctors have the patient's well being as a higher priority than making sure to prescribe stuff from the drug companies that pay them the most.
Having used doctors in other countries, I've never got any feeling that they weren't totally looking out for us. Often working totally for free. While I've had decent US doctors, and horrible US doctors, I've never felt that any of them was doing it for my benefit but only as a job to make money from my health needs. And often just extortion - keeping me from getting what I already knew that I needed and not providing any healthcare but literally only existing to prevent it.
https://berniesanders.com/medicareforall/
Health care must be recognized as a right, not a privilege. Every man, woman and child in our country should be able to access the health care they need regardless of their income. The only long-term solution to America's health care crisis is a single-payer national health care program. - Bernie Sanders
