They’re competing unfairly with Medicare, and you and I are paying for it. It’s obscene.When George W. Bush and congressional Republicans (and a handful of bought-off Democrats) created Medicare Advantage in 2003, it was the fulfillment of half of Bush’s goal of privatizing Social Security and Medi...
  • medgremlin@midwest.social
    8·
    2 months ago

    I just finished my second family medicine rotation and it’s just so ass-backwards because if we could give them the medication they need, they won’t end up in hospitals/ICUs/long term care facilities/etc. The new medications are incredible drugs and can vastly improve the quality and quantity of life for patients with diseases like diabetes, heart failure, renal failure, and more…if the patients can afford them, which they frequently cannot.

    • MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net
      5·
      2 months ago

      if we could give them the medication they need, they won’t end up in hospitals/ICUs/long term care facilities/etc.

      How are we supposed to extract what’s left of their value unless they’re in said facilities?

      Typing that out made me throw up in my mouth a bit.

      • medgremlin@midwest.social
        4·
        2 months ago

        Well, JD Vance thinks grandma and grandpa should be the solution to childcare, but that only works if they aren’t actively dying and need to be cared for themselves. I’m pretty sure the GOP also thinks that daughters-in-law and granddaughters should be doing the elder care for free as well, so I don’t really know how they expect that all to work.

        (It’s not supposed to work. People are supposed to make rich people richer and then die, according to the GOP)

    • Maeve@kbin.earth
      3·
      2 months ago

      Oh so you’ve got a double dose of burnout, from overwork and trying to navigate the system. I’m sorry. What general region are you in? Wondering if we can somehow work together on getting universal passed?

      • medgremlin@midwest.social
        3·
        2 months ago

        I’m a third year medical student in the Midwest. I’m aiming to do my residency in Minnesota, either Emergency Med or Family Med because apparently I like doing social work and hate my sanity or something.

        • Maeve@kbin.earth
          3·
          2 months ago

          We’re not near, and you’re going to be quite overworked and under-rested, for quite some while. Trial by fire. Also plenty of data that can be used for arguing for a better system, should you decide to engage in moving that mountain, at some point. Wishing you all the best, and thanking you for taking valuable time to converse with me.

          • medgremlin@midwest.social
            2·
            2 months ago

            It’s still good to know there’s other folks out there with a good head on their shoulders that are working towards a common goal. :)

            • Maeve@kbin.earth
              2·
              2 months ago

              Yes it is. May I humbly recommend getting to know grant writers asap and well? Wishing you all the best in your endeavors; we need more medgremlins in our world.