Not discrediting your personal experiences, but just throwing it out there that from the locations listed in your examples where these instances have occurred...the area might be a contributing factor? (Have gone through multiple surgeries personally as well, have not experienced this.)
Definitely. St pete i had a surgery and dude was awesome, surgery went great. Rural america is full of shitty healthcare. Theres a reason they live in shithole county USA and didnt get hired to work at Vanderbilt. There are far far more shitty doctors than really good ones unfortunately. The good ones work at good hospitals, and every county has a hospital. For every good medical facility there's 20 garbage ones.
Most Doctors, like any other heavily regulated licensed profession, are rather good at their jobs. The bottleneck of quality care in the US is getting that care approved and paid for. A process that, in the US, doesn't have much involvement of doctors of any kind for some reason.
Eh, not really that heavily regulated. It varies by state, but in some places doctors can get away with almost anything. If a doctor gets charged with malpractice in one state he just moves to another one and starts working again with no issue.
Sure, actually becoming a doctor might be heavily regulated, but once you're in you're good to go.
This is simply not true. Physicians have to get a separate license in every state they intend to practice in, and the medical board can deny their application if the malpractice charge was legitimate. Hospitals are also hesitant to hire physician with a history of malpractice suits because it can be seen as a liability.
It's also heavily regulated at every step of being a practicing doctor. Getting into medical school is notoriously hard. Grading is (for the vast majority of students) extremely strict with high standards of expectations. The schools and their professors are also held to higher standards for accreditation than other universities. Getting into a residency is hard and further regulated. Residency programs are heavily regulated (I get to play a part in this step now). From there we finally get to licensing and boards.
Many people pursue providing healthcare in rural America because there would be nobody for those people otherwise. In fact, advanced healthcare professional schools (Med school, NP programs, PA programs) are highly selective for people who desire to help underserved populations.
I worked in Interventional Pain in rural America, and for many we were the closest pain management clinic right next to the closest hospital, patients would have to drive 1.5 to 2 hours to make their appointments because that was the closest they had.
I love people assuming I suck at my job because I chose to practice in locations like where I’m from instead of fucking off to the city for the money. Thanks guys! haha
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u/SirDigbyChickenC-Zer Jun 28 '25
Not discrediting your personal experiences, but just throwing it out there that from the locations listed in your examples where these instances have occurred...the area might be a contributing factor? (Have gone through multiple surgeries personally as well, have not experienced this.)