It would appear that there is a bit of animosity out there about the state of medicine in the US. As in most things it would seem that most of the negativity stems from persons that embrace negative thinking. Our country sets the standard for quality medical care and people, to include the mega-rich and world leaders,travel to the US for their medical needs.
The system that we have is under assault by the problems endemic to a society that has chosen to embrace mediocrity and inclusion and fears elitism outside of the sports and entertainment worlds. A huge spike in the numbers of persons seeking health care that have no means of paying has diluted the ability of the productive to access quality care. Congress has caused the costs of medicine to spiral upwards by refusing to address tort reform and allowing insurance companies to compete on a national level and has imposed a massive bureaucracy which has crippled the ability of practitioners to actually treat patients.
My wife has, since December, twice undergone hospitalization for total knee replacements. The entire spectrum of care, from advanced imaging to surgery, in hospital care and post op rehab was excellent and the results exceeded all expectations. In most countries in the world she would have been told to limit her activities and given pain meds due to her age. Last week she completed a 5 mile hike in the Absarokas, only in America
do average people have access to this level of care.
I earned a good living working as a medic, EMT, Paramedic and PA from 1966 through 1994 and saw the present system being created from the inside. In that time the population has doubled and the system is stressed to the breaking point and will continue to deteriorate until the number of non-paying users is drastically reduced.
Overpopulation improves nothing and is aggravated by the attitude that all deserve the same level of privilege.
mike r
