I agree. It seems even with the funds to post out of pocket, finding an honest doctor is no easy task. A sad state of affairs. Praying it won’t last much longer. I thought it would have broken by now, but it’s super well funded.
It's been a long slow process to control the profession. But it could all be cracked open at one place: the ACGME, or Association for Collegiate Graduate Medical Education. They set the quotas every year on incoming students. They did a hostile takeover (called it a merger) of the osteopath accreditation board, as osteopaths used to be an escape from AMA allopathic medicine. They set the match (which is itself exempt from antitrust law by an act of congress) to control residencies, but the ACGME is not exempt from antitrust legislation. Any large state could also break their hold by licensing doctors differently, but they are trapped by preconceived notions, i.e. cowardice. I've done a lot of research on it. Many doctors hate them, but once they're through the gauntlet of obtaining their license they are happy to never look back at them again. Lots of doctors are ditching the insurance and allopathic models and going cash-only, but they are enslaved by huge debt, and very expensive as a result.
I agree. It seems even with the funds to post out of pocket, finding an honest doctor is no easy task. A sad state of affairs. Praying it won’t last much longer. I thought it would have broken by now, but it’s super well funded.
It's been a long slow process to control the profession. But it could all be cracked open at one place: the ACGME, or Association for Collegiate Graduate Medical Education. They set the quotas every year on incoming students. They did a hostile takeover (called it a merger) of the osteopath accreditation board, as osteopaths used to be an escape from AMA allopathic medicine. They set the match (which is itself exempt from antitrust law by an act of congress) to control residencies, but the ACGME is not exempt from antitrust legislation. Any large state could also break their hold by licensing doctors differently, but they are trapped by preconceived notions, i.e. cowardice. I've done a lot of research on it. Many doctors hate them, but once they're through the gauntlet of obtaining their license they are happy to never look back at them again. Lots of doctors are ditching the insurance and allopathic models and going cash-only, but they are enslaved by huge debt, and very expensive as a result.
Your knowledge far outweighs mine on the matter, thanks for sharing some of it with us. Sad state this world finds itself in.