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>Some doctors are so incompetent they should not be allowed to practice Which is yet more evidence of a failing healthcare system, and is certainly not reaso
by txcwpalpha 9y ago
>Some doctors are so incompetent they should not be allowed to practice
Which is yet more evidence of a failing healthcare system, and
is certainly not reason to praise the concept of having to "shop around" just to get adequate and reasonably priced care.
- bluGill 9y agoYou seem to be using the wrong (though obvious) definition of what it means to be incompetent. A doctor who is incompetent because of poor treatment is handled by the system. However there are other incompetents that someone who is medically competent can not the less fall into. The doctor with poor human interaction skills makes the patient feel horribly before, during and after treatment. The doctor who takes "bribes" to prescribe a more expensive treatment when a cheaper alternative would work as well. Those are just a couple examples of how someone can be incompetent yet still not raise to the level of not being allowed to practice.
- txcwpalpha 9y agoI'm not using the wrong definition. A doctor who is considered "incompetent" because they take "bribes" should certainly be terminated by the system. If they aren't, it is a failing system.
- bluGill 9y agoI put bribes in quotes for a reason. Outright bribes are handled by the system. However I'm implying any way to get around the rules without getting caught. Some are legal loopholes, some are illegal. The only point is by some way you got around the rules without getting caught.
- txcwpalpha 9y agoThat doesn't change my answer. If you have a system in which doctors carry out shady tactics and are able to "get around the rules without getting caught", and that system is so rife with such issues that you have to actively "shop around" to avoid them, then the system is failing.