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As a person who consumes capitalist medicine in India, I don't see how any of your issues are fundamental to capitalist medicine. There is plenty of competitio

As a person who consumes capitalist medicine in India, I don't see how any of your issues are fundamental to capitalist medicine. There is plenty of competition among hospitals. You can choose which one to go to (from an ambulance or any other time). Customers are strongly price sensitive and prone to comparison. There are plenty of choices as to where to go. Assuming I'm well enough to travel, I'll always fly to capitalist India to have my medical work done. And again as a Capitalist: You take a high value, required product, mix with a group of consumers who don't have a choice whether or not to buy, and a business minded person with no ethical compass whatsoever and you'll have record profits and screwed customers. Simple as that. So do you believe that Indian doctors/other medical types are just vastly more ethical than the (very often Indian) doctors in the US?

FussyZeus 10y ago
I can't comment on India's medical system, never used it and never really researched it. However: > You can choose which one to go to (from an ambulance or any other time). In theory, yes, in practice, it's a little harder. I mean if you were just in a car crash it's not a guaranteed thing that you're going to be capable of speech, let alone coherent enough to make your choice. And more importantly you shouldn't have to, your concern at that moment should be "put my head back together please" not "is this lifesaving treatment going to cost me my home." > So do you believe that Indian doctors/other medical types are just vastly more ethical than the (very often Indian) doctors in the US? This is not American doctors doing this (or at least, not the topic of this article): This is American businessmen who have no background in medicine that are making these decisions.
- yummyfajitas 10y ago
  I mean if you were just in a car crash... So in that case, lets have $YOUR_FAVORITE_SYSTEM for emergency medicine and capitalism for the rest. The vast majority of medicine consumed is not consumed in an emergency situation. This is not American doctors doing this (or at least, not the topic of this article): This is American businessmen who have no background in medicine that are making these decisions. So are Indian businessmen with no background in medicine more ethical?

FussyZeus 10y ago

I can't comment on India's medical system, never used it and never really researched it. However: > You can choose which one to go to (from an ambulance or any other time). In theory, yes, in practice, it's a little harder. I mean if you were just in a car crash it's not a guaranteed thing that you're going to be capable of speech, let alone coherent enough to make your choice. And more importantly you shouldn't have to, your concern at that moment should be "put my head back together please" not "is this lifesaving treatment going to cost me my home." > So do you believe that Indian doctors/other medical types are just vastly more ethical than the (very often Indian) doctors in the US? This is not American doctors doing this (or at least, not the topic of this article): This is American businessmen who have no background in medicine that are making these decisions.

yummyfajitas 10y ago
I mean if you were just in a car crash... So in that case, lets have $YOUR_FAVORITE_SYSTEM for emergency medicine and capitalism for the rest. The vast majority of medicine consumed is not consumed in an emergency situation. This is not American doctors doing this (or at least, not the topic of this article): This is American businessmen who have no background in medicine that are making these decisions. So are Indian businessmen with no background in medicine more ethical?