> I don’t want a doctor who has another country they call home. I want a doctor who feels some blood and soil attachment to their patients.

But like... why? Why does that matter at all?

The same reason a parent cares for their child more than a random strangers? Cultures and people matter.

I think you fundamentally misunderstood any aspect of society, civility and community building if you adhere to such ideas. The issue at hand is bad governance and resource management, not that “immigrants should be kept out”.

Immigration is needed at different parts of country’s history, and the levels of immigration needed can vary depending on your needs. This isn’t about racism, or cultural differences. This is about good governance.

Nope, sorry, still not seeing it. You'll have to spell it out for me.

Are you saying that if you were a doctor you'd care less about patients from another country?

Yes, that is what they're saying. They're projecting and assuming everybody else is just like them. Thankfully, they're not.

Doctors with proper training will do what they were trained for. Maybe personality traits play a role as well secondary, but stuff like culture is just noise compared to what really matters.

Not really. How they handle you with regards to the health care apparatus is a major part of what makes for a successful doctor patient relationship.

Could you specify that? Maybe there's a difference between Europe and the US.

Maybe lol? There is basically no way of knowing cost going into anything or whether or not it will wind up being covered. Also when they get around to demanding money they won't necessarily do it all at once, you can get a bill a year after a visit even though they billed you the first time 4 months ago or some shit. A doctors office can handle this well with significant effort on their part or not.

Because jingoism.

FYI, "blood and soil" is a white supremacist dog whistle. That would probably explain the why.

Ugh, we need hard IP bans on this site.

We won't train any more doctors - there's a cap on the number of funded residency slots in the US (as lobbied for by the AMA back during the Clinton admin, IIRC). Hospitals have little to gain by self-funding slots (assuming that's even allowed).

This makes my skin crawl

> I want a doctor who feels some blood and soil attachment to their patients.

"Blood and soil (German: Blut und Boden) is a nationalist phrase and concept of a racially defined national body ("Blood") united with a settlement area ("Soil"). Originating in the German völkisch movement, it was used extensively by Nazi Germany, ...

North American white supremacists, white nationalists, Neo-Nazis and members of the alt-right have adopted the slogan. It gained widespread public prominence as a result of the August 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, when participants carrying torches marched on the University of Virginia campus on the night of 11 August 2017 and were recorded chanting the slogan, among others."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_and_soil

I’m not a nazi. There is nothing wrong with wanting to live and work with people of your culture.

I never said you were a Nazi. The Nazi party hasn't been active since 1945, in small part because of my grandfather's military service fighting fascism in Europe. I trust you respect his service and that of millions of other soldiers and civilians by also being against fascism.

Are you willing to define your culture?

Does your culture include Catholics? JFK famously was accused of being a papist, and Prohibition was in no small part due to xenophobia about Catholic immigrants to the US, who didn't share "our" culture.

What about Catholics who send their kids to Catholic school instead of public school? Mormons who do the same? Does it include Amish who speak their own German dialect, with their own religion, parochial schools, and culture?

What about atheists? Homosexuals? Trans people?

Does it include the children of Cuban refugees who grew up in the Little Havana part of Miami, with Spanish as their first language? Who celebrate Nochebuena and quinceañeras instead of Christmas Day and Sweet 16s?

Does it include native Spanish speaking New Mexicans whose family has lived in the state since Imperial Spain colonized Nuevo Mexico in the 1600s?

Does it include Native Americans? Would you shy away from medical care from a Native American physician? Would you prefer to not work with a Native Hawaiian?

Is your definition of "culture" simply "born in the US"? Does it include people from American Samoa? Puerto Rico? Guam?

Does it include people with US citizenship who have never lived in the US?

Does it include someone from Canada? Does it include someone from a Canadian First Nation?

I think you see how simply saying "your culture" doesn't really make sense given that the US - and I think nearly all countries - contain a multitude of cultures.

There IS something wrong with doctors treating people differently due to race, country, religion, gender, etc.

What is "your culture," exactly?