Country Club Medical Mentality

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/19/bil.healthy.wealthy/index.html



Okay, so as a future leader in the medical practice, I find this rather absurd. I guess in a way I understand the idea of being able to give very individualized attention to your patients, but this kind of defies all ideas of free healthcare for the masses in every way, shape, and form. Not quite affordable, either. We really should be promoting cheap healthcare, not encouraging this privledged lifestyle that tells us the only way to be really healthy is to be rich. This whole country club mentality of America is pretty frustrating.

This practicioner complains about how he sees too many patients in a day, and I believe that is true. I think there need to be more doctors running around. But I made an interesting discovery today after buying a book or two on getting into med school and the MCAT... only about a third of applicants into total med schools get accepted. It's pretty ridiculous. Which means my studying for the MCAT starts now. haha. Well, that's all for tonight.