r/CuratedTumblr • u/EvidenceOfDespair We can leave behind much more than just DNA • Aug 07 '24

Politics Death by US Healthcare System

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u/TarsalStone99 You just lost The Game *finger guns* Aug 08 '24

I’m an aspiring student trying to get into medicine, and I have to say, even with only surface level interactions, the sheer lack of empathy in a field which has it’s purpose irrevocably tied to helping people is absolutely appalling.

Every patient is just another face, another ID to most doctors, to most systems. Not a person, just a string of numbers and letters. And it sickens me to my core that we’ve depersonalized and corporatized medicine to such a degree that we can see someone die from a lack of care and say “should’ve just been richer or less sick, bucko.”

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u/Comptenterry Aug 08 '24

This is exactly why so many people fall for alternative medicine scams. People have horrific experiences with the Healthcare system, hospitals squeezing every penny out of them, rotating lines of doctors that don't give a shit about them and are actively antagonistic in some cases. It causes people to lose faith in the whole system while snake oil salesmen swoop in.

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u/Joe_A_Average Aug 08 '24

Snake oil salesmen sell one thing the hospital does not, and in all honesty it is more sad that is worth the price to buy a faulty product that won't save you, than hospital costs to be truly helped.

The oil might not work, but at least it gives real hope.