(11-04-2018, 05:30 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(11-03-2018, 10:48 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: Capitation is more administrative work than fee for service, and if you want an undereducated C student providing your healthcare then more power to ya.

I didn't say anything about a C student.
Our doctors are over educated.  They can't start competing for spots where they earn money until age 26. there is no reason to expect a doctor to earn a Bachelor of Science degree, along with all the general education that goes with that. in pretty much any other country, medical school can begin right out of high school and last six years.  so residency can be done at age 24 instead of age 26. As for residency, those spots are artificially limited well below the numbers that you would see in Latin America or Europe for new doctors per population.
And once you get one of those spots they will tell you that you're expected to work for more than 24 hours straight, you can't take any time off, and even if you give birth to a child, you only get two weeks off. If you need more, you quit and you derail your career.
Basically the AMA is run by people who went through a form of hazing in order to get their medical license, and they don't want it to be any easier for the next generation even though there is no rational reason to inflict most of the abuse they inflict. Well there is, actually. When you inflict the pain, and you allow the victims to talk about how painful it is to become a doctor, fewer people want to do it and you can charge more fees. It's not about patient care though. Nothing that the AMA does is really about patient care anymore.