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JerseyWiseguy t1_j0h874l wrote

Of course doctors are "opposed."

If you have a leaking toilet, any plumber is going to tell you to call a plumber.

If your check-engine light is on, your car dealer is going to say that you should bring the vehicle only to their certified mechanics.

Any time some citizen steps in to prevent a crime and protect some other citizen, the government always issues a statement that such things should be left to trained police officers.

Anyone who has a monopoly on something wants to keep that monopoly. To quote the legendary philosopher Gordon Gekko: "Greed is right. Greed works."

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TroyMcClure10 t1_j0i0f8e wrote

The AMA is incredibly strong.

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SK10504 t1_j0icvqw wrote

They are nothing compared to Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) forcing US citizens to bear disproportionate share of drug costs compared to the rest of the world.

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solesme t1_j0hpgn3 wrote

Not sure why your post and similar posts are being downvoted. I guess people think that doctors actually care about their well being. I know some do, but others want that $$$ green.

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[deleted] t1_j0j8pl9 wrote

Speaking as someone in nursing, there are just as many greed heads in nursing as there are doctors.

You see all these young NPs? Ask them how much clinical experience they have. Go back a decade ago and ask traditional NPs how much clinical experience had. Today that experience could be 0 years. Back then it was around 10 years of nursing.

As for the docs, I can't tell you how many times doc claims meds were ordered and even tells rhe patient so the buck is now on the nurse. Check epic and the order is not fucking there. Try to phone them for hours? No luck. Several hours later? Still no order. This isn't necessary and we don't need a desk jockey coming to talk about decade of med school to make that order.

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