Healthcare for profit is one of the things I utterly loathe about the United States.
Folks who enjoy some sort of socialized medicine? Don't move here. Not because most of us wouldn't welcome you, but because this nation is fucking inhumane.
@Impious_Jade One such example: You don't need two CT scans for an extraction and post placement in Dentistry, I know because my cousin is going through the same thing in NY. I paid cash for two scans because they are not covered by insurance AND more importantly Dr, Ben Dover owns an office scanner.
@MidnightRider Right?? & on the flip side, a lot of people have gotten used to having lots of diagnostics & will flat-out demand it. Overuse of medical resources is just one complicated part of the whole puzzle.
@Impious_Jade Preach! I did a full skull series and cervical on an 8 year old. What happened Billy? I tripped on my sister's Barbie and landed on the carpet. Mkay, in my day you would have received a washcloth with ice cubes, if you wanted to go back to playing withing five minutes it was considered cured. Also, self referral to imaging centers for kickbacks is RAMPANT, I saw the Christmas checks flying at the xmas parties.
@MidnightRider UGH kickbacks are a fucking scam. We don't even let vendors on campus at all without either an actual need, or if a particular provider is interested in a specific product & wants to make the case to bring it in. Oh, & prescription salespeople? HELL NO, they aren't allowed on campus AT ALL.
@MidnightRider Oh sweet. Yeah that's one of the awesome things about working for a teaching hospital, so many of the providers I work with are doing amazing research as well as their clinical work. It's one of the reasons I love working there too.
@Impious_Jade I did that too, both during college and after. I even taught at U of M occasionally, certainly the most expensive college I taught at for sure.
@Impious_Jade I like a more specific fishing net. My work on campus with Companion Animal Hospital was in support of imaging technology they already bought. I loved working there and being part of cutting edge animal medicine.