There’s this drug Wegovy used for weight lost. It’s an injection. It works. Yesterday daughter, who pays out of pocket for it, was in with her Doctor for a follow up appt discussing her progress with this drug and conversation turned to how expensive it was, and how it’s hard to get insurance coverage for it. (Only certain insurance will pay for it and only when a person is substantially overweight.) The doctor told her drug was expensive because the medical industry doesn’t want people being able to afford it and losing weight as there is more profit in over weight, unhealthy people.
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It’s not like the every day doctor has insider information. The doc likely doesn’t know any more than you know on the topic.
All that I glean from that convo is that there are frustrated doctors who just want to help. I believe that is still the case.
I think Doctors are in the know of the conversations going on in the medical world, just as anyone is more in tuned to what’s going on in their work sphere than those who are not in that sphere.