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> I have lost control of my days. I had worked in a hospital where I was oncall 24/7, 12 days out of 14. I had fortnightly weekends off. When I was preparing fo
by personomas 2y ago
> I have lost control of my days. I had worked in a hospital where I was oncall 24/7, 12 days out of 14. I had fortnightly weekends off. When I was preparing for surgical exams, I’d be working and studying from 6.30am to 10pm everyday, seeing my family only on the weekends for lunch. I had worked in a hospital network that covered 4 campuses and drove 500kms a week when covering these sites. I had worked in a hospital where I didn’t get home for days at a time, sleeping overnight in hospital quarters, outpatient clinic benches and in my car.
We have to stop Medicare. It's not sustainable.
- BHSPitMonkey 2y agoHow would ending Medicare change the conditions in your quote?
- personomas 2y agoBecause the health care system is dramatically overwhelmed. There are not enough doctors for the demand.
- stevenhuang 2y agoWhat a weird way to frame the problem. Why not increase the supply of doctors instead of reducing demand, whatever that means?
- personomas 2y ago> Why not increase the supply of doctors instead of reducing demand, whatever that means? Because that's not sustainable. We can't throw unlimited human resources at health care. We have other issues and societal problems to focus on. We can only create so many doctors, because its expensive to lock down a smart and ambitious mind for so many years. Opening up healthcare for free for old people is like opening up an untapped fire hose. This is insanity. Has anyone ever to stopped to think what work life is like for these doctors and for other health care workers? These people should be able to have a social life, a family, and be able to live out there lives.
- willismichael 2y agoWe can only create so many doctors, because its expensive to lock down a smart and ambitious mind for so many years How many smart minds do we have reinforcing addictive online behavior?
- hackerlight 2y agoNobody is saying to throw unlimited resources at it. They're saying to increase supply because there is currently a shortage.
- CatWChainsaw 2y agoOooh, how about we do "Obamacare death panels" instead? I mean, that's basically what would happen if Medicare ceased to exist, anyway!
- civilized 2y agoAnd that's because of Medicare? How do you figure?
- personomas 2y agoSee my comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40029190 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40029190