A lot of us take having a doctor or dentist for granted. I did until I had a friend in rural Iowa that had to travel 2 hours one way to a cancer specialist and for treatment. If she did not stay overnight, it was a 4 hour trip each day of treatment.
A lot of us take having a doctor or dentist for granted. I did until I had a friend in rural Iowa that had to travel 2 hours one way to a cancer specialist and for treatment. If she did not stay overnight, it was a 4 hour trip each day of treatment.
Interesting topic. I now have health insurance through my job and I've used it a few times with an open mind. It's been OK overall but I never see a doctor either, only an NP. So my.take is for anything minor, insurance or herbal medicine. For anything serious but not life threatening I'll go to Mexico where I can afford to see an actual MD. For anything immediately life threatening, I'll stay in the US and use my insurance.
No way am I giving up on Mexican health care. My experience has been that not only is Mexican health care much less expensive - it's also more humane.
As to doctors leaving their jobs in the US - I can't say as I blame them. Insurance companies are their true bosses and that's gotta suck as much as waiting tables and having guest perceptions automatically equating with reality. We need doctors but we also need to get insurance companies out of the equation. Rob
I'm very fortunate in that Mexico has been there for me when the US has not - no way could I have had dental work done at US prices. As for doctors, for many years getting sick auto-equalled crossing the border. Years ago I actually resented being forced to cross into Mexico for health care - now as life in the US gets more and more expensive, I'm very comfortable with offshoring all that I can.Originally Posted by sweetana3
My point? More and more people will be forced to offshore too given cost of life vs. wages in the US. I'm an early adapter in this respect and I love giving recommendations on who to see in Algodones and Nogales. Rob
It is a bit of a drive from the midwest especially when planes are not an option. I just continue to pay for really good health insurance.
Not apparently, fact. 334,000 healthcare workers have left the workforce since 2021.One year ago, my wife was fired after 23 yrs of service over jab compliance. We both still think it was best decision for us not to take jab. No regrets.
my brother and sister-in-law were here over Thanksgiving. They’ve been in healthcare for decades. They’re not getting any more the Covid shots. My sister-in-law just retired. My brother will work for a few more years but he does not do direct patient care, so he doesn’t need the Covid shot. He had a weird little heart incident after his last one so he’s concerned about any more of it.
Yeah that threat was given to the mother of one of my kid's friends, a surgical nurse of many years. Except she died of covid before she could be dismissed for refusal to comply. Didn't work out so well for her.One year ago, my wife was fired after 23 yrs of service over jab compliance.
Good luck with that.
Compliance with our vaccination and protective gear protocols has been a condition of my employment for > 10 years now. It seems quite prudent.
I can remember when anti-vax thinking was mainly the province of affluent white moms. Now with Covid it seems to have gone down-market.
But why all the concern over one particular set of vaccines? I don’t remember people quitting their jobs over vaccines for TB or Shingles.
Because these vaccines were rushed. One of them was not tested on any humans, only eight mice, and all the mice died.
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