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Fuck the American healthcare industry. Burn it to the ground
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Anonymous 4w

As a medical student I agree, the capitalization (idek if I used that word right) has forced things into a system restricted by what insurance is allowing doctors to do and allows hospital admin to be too powerful

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Anonymous 4w

premed and econ major, 100% agre

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Anonymous 4w

You know why they call it residency? Because you live in the hospital 😂

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Anonymous 4w

as a nursing student, i agree

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Anonymous 4w

It’s a dumpster fire of a system.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 4w

Private insurance also incentivizes hospitals to increase prices since they assume insurance companies are paying for it. So if you don’t have insurance you’re kinda just fucked, but also fucked regardless because insurance itself is expensive and usually doesn’t cover everything

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 4w

*agree 😔 maybe i shouldve been an English major

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 4w

Yeah. Getting ready to start rotations and people are talking abt residency, and you can easily pull 100+ hours a week and you’ll still only be making just over 60k… not a lot of money considering most residents have a shit ton of loan money they need to pay back, are sometimes the only breadwinner in the family of 2+ individuals and sometimes kids, PLUS paying thousands of dollars for board exams

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 4w

I can’t wait to fork over thousands to apply for a coin flip’s chance of getting one interview! I can’t wait to take gap years and compete for some fuckass research job that pays minimum wage!

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 4w

YAY so exciting

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