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It's called a Medical Cartel run by Physicians through regulatory capture. There's plenty of leeches upstream (pharmas, hospital admins, PBMs, vendors, you name
by avocado4 7y ago
It's called a Medical Cartel run by Physicians through regulatory capture. There's plenty of leeches upstream (pharmas, hospital admins, PBMs, vendors, you name it), but at the base of the funnels are doctors holding keys to supply through state-level licensing regulations.
- kapuasuite 7y agoLiterally this - doctors are gatekeepers and are paid handsomely for it.
- daxorid 7y agoPhysicians are in an incredibly privileged position. In no other profession can one murder a quarter million Americans annually(1) via chart reading apathy or gross incompetence at multiplying by 10, and not only keep one's job, but get paid for rendering the botched services, as well. Imagine being a plumber who gets paid after making your customers' leaks ten times worse. That's the life of every doctor in the US. 1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28186008 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28186008
- mfoy_ 7y agoDon't know why you're being downvoted... this isn't wrong, just unsavoury.