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Doctors are a finite resource. Ultimately you have to ration that resource. You can do it based on social status and wealth (America) or on medical necessity.

Doctors are a finite resource. Ultimately you have to ration that resource. You can do it based on social status and wealth (America) or on medical necessity. Obviously this is HN were people have money so they are upset if they are put on a waiting list. We don't hear much about the people from trailer parks getting million dollar cancer treatments thanks to the public healthcare system.

brigandish 3y ago
> Doctors are a finite resource Partly because other professions, like banking, attract greater remuneration. It's also why you'll notice that many new doctors (in the US) choose the ROAD, for many reasons[1], but this one stands out: > The amounts of money that can be made in dermatology and plastic surgery are a temptation that many people cannot resist If you want more doctors, and more doctors in things like primary care, then offer incentives. Money is a good one. You may also ask if plastic surgery is still an expense that only a wealthy elite can access, as it was in the past, or if it's become quite commonplace, and then, since it has, why. Could it be that the usual processes that other capitalist goods follow also work in healthcare? The other side of that is training enough doctors. I think it would be a good question to ask why so few are trained, and I wouldn't be surprised if one of the reasons is that the guild itself, as all guilds do, limits the number of new entrants. That's speculation on my part. > Obviously this is HN were people have money so they are upset if they are put on a waiting list. I thought that everybody gets upset if they're put on a (long) waiting list so I'm not sure what need the ad hominem in your comment serves. [1] https://medicine.yale.edu/news/yale-medicine-magazine/article/taking-the-eroad/#page-container https://medicine.yale.edu/news/yale-medicine-magazine/articl...

brigandish 3y ago

> Doctors are a finite resource Partly because other professions, like banking, attract greater remuneration. It's also why you'll notice that many new doctors (in the US) choose the ROAD, for many reasons[1], but this one stands out: > The amounts of money that can be made in dermatology and plastic surgery are a temptation that many people cannot resist If you want more doctors, and more doctors in things like primary care, then offer incentives. Money is a good one. You may also ask if plastic surgery is still an expense that only a wealthy elite can access, as it was in the past, or if it's become quite commonplace, and then, since it has, why. Could it be that the usual processes that other capitalist goods follow also work in healthcare? The other side of that is training enough doctors. I think it would be a good question to ask why so few are trained, and I wouldn't be surprised if one of the reasons is that the guild itself, as all guilds do, limits the number of new entrants. That's speculation on my part. > Obviously this is HN were people have money so they are upset if they are put on a waiting list. I thought that everybody gets upset if they're put on a (long) waiting list so I'm not sure what need the ad hominem in your comment serves. [1] https://medicine.yale.edu/news/yale-medicine-magazine/article/taking-the-eroad/#page-container https://medicine.yale.edu/news/yale-medicine-magazine/articl...