Replies to post #180294 on Anavex Life Sciences Corp (AVXL)

[Aero-man]

how totally screwed up "modern" medicine is

Yes, and the reason is that there are too many self-serving politicians and bureaucrats who have made it their job to screw things up. They concocted this fraudulent ACA to insure that medical costs continued to rise and quality of care to fall.

The average annual health-care costs for a family have risen from $9,242 in 2013 (the year prior to the ACA taking effect) to $20,604 in 2017 – nothing affordable in that at all - this ACA was designed by politicians to fail. And the people of this country are treated as complicit-pawns in this scam.

Remember that medicine is about a relationship between a doctor and a patient, and not about big-government bureaucratic waste and control.

[dranesthesia1]

Actually most of us tend to admit it’s a bureaucratic and clinical disaster. But with the complete absence of protections and power to change it like they have in other countries, doctors are often bystanders in the process.

Also as the heaviest most entitled country in the world, think about what it’s like to treat people who do little to help themselves and then sue when it doesn’t go perfectly.

[nidan7500]

I believe there are a lot of doctors out there that aren't ready to admit how totally screwed up "modern" medicine is because they can't admit that they are complicit in this.

You are probably right about some of them, I do not know but do observe a sensitivity around $$$ limiting how quickly practices get changed. Every x-ray visit is paying off a machine that is 10 years old. Must be nice. I think Falconer made the point that medical students get more or less the same training now as 20 years ago (see AD-Amyloid and other examples). IMO the structure of most GP/clinic MD's remains stuck. How do they get fresh blood, ideas, knowledge?