Re:You Can Thank Private Equity for That Enormous Doctor's Bill
by mwigdahl on Thursday May 30, 2024 @09:40AM
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Demand for healthcare is super high and supply of doctors is low. And you're arguing _against_ increasing the supply? The status quo isn't a valid answer -- if doctors are already at the point of burnout, something has to be done to fix the long-term problem that has brought us to this point.
This is medicine. That short term pain means more people die than would have before.
When specialists quit, who replaces them? You need to be trained - just book learning and shadowing during an MD is not enough.
> everyone already in the industry needs to work even harder to do that
Everyone in the industry is already working hard.
The average physician works around a 50 hour weeks but 25% work 61-80 hour weeks [0].
It's already teetering on the brink due to burnout.
[0] - https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/physician-healt...