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When you force people to come into the doctor for things they don't actually need an in-person visit for, you're making a lot of them drive there, and driving h
by idopmstuff 3y ago
When you force people to come into the doctor for things they don't actually need an in-person visit for, you're making a lot of them drive there, and driving has risk of serious injury or death. You're also putting them in a room with other patients, some of whom will have contagious illnesses. Probably most importantly, you're causing some of them, who don't have the time or transportation to get to a doctor's office, to miss out on getting health care entirely.
- Spooky23 3y agoThat’s not what I said. There’s no need to risk death to drive to the doctor. There’s also no reason to risk death by getting ripped off or getting substandard care from a doctor of questionable ethics and ability. It’s pretty simple - you see an online provider in your state or a state with reciprocity. I used to be familiar with medical frauds. Doctors who “see” 600 patients a day, etc. Online medicine is pretty bullshitty to begin with, but kneecapping the primary controls that we have to address fraud and abuse is not progress. Anything that undermines trust in the name of supposed convenience is a net negative.