A lot of practices and smaller clinics/hospitals are specifically targeted by larger chains to be acquired and to boost numbers. The whole system is fucked up.

A lot of practices and smaller clinics/hospitals are specifically targeted by larger chains to be acquired and to boost numbers. The whole system is fucked up. I'm of the opinion that we should just open another branch, same as we do with the military, and say "Hey, you're going to get a good wage, but you will be deployed across the country to do tours of duty. You will be given standardized equipment and training, and you will be expected to care for your patients in whatever numbers and time they give you. In exchange, we'll cover education and housing for you". It's disheartening to me that we also have so many people practicing medicine in other parts of the world when we have so many underserved here.