Post #1809145
2026-04-30 12:56 UTC
In the US, the average Family Practice & OBGYN provider in the US is only allotted 15 minutes per patient, to go over is directly taking time from the next patient
this is not decided by the provider but by insurance, they are just a cog in the machine.
Want better healthcare? Destroy insurance. Force the government to open up more medical residency slots (something Obama and Biden could have easily done on their own). We do not lack qualified medical students, but federal residency slots.
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@vapaad@wandering.shop 2026-04-30 13:01
You can't become a licensed attending physician without completing a federal residency. Every year in March, thousands of medical students undergo Match Week. Hundreds won't match. I know many who haven't. Often, they are stellar students. They don't match for a multitude of reasons (like being visibly gay or unable to afford to fly to in person interviews ) but rarely it's because they'd be bad doctors. We need more doctors, but every government -Dem and GOP- purposely doesn't increase them.