No one’s promising you can keep your doctor anymore
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Democrats and Republicans agree that the primary care system needs an overhaul. They’re encouraging nurses to do more and embracing virtual care.
  • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]M
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    10 months ago

    FUCKING THEY'RE THE ONES WHO CONTROL HOW MANY NEW DOCTORS THERE ARE!

    Medical Residencies in the US are almost entirely federally funded through CMS and the VA, with the remainder being state matching with federal Medicaid funds. If Congress thinks there aren't enough doctors, they can fund more residencies: they are by far the limiting factor in the number of new doctors.

    This is deliberate enshittification.

  • supafuzz [comrade/them]
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    10 months ago

    US health care in 2030: one nurse per 50k people, feeding symptoms into ChatMD™

  • footfaults [none/use name]
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    10 months ago

    Of course they don't talk about the attempts to deskill the industry by replacing doctors with Physicians Assistants, Nurse Practitioners and just regular nurses