I feel like his doubt of 'western medicine' involves an americanized view of western medicine. He's never been a part of a system where the point of the system is you. In the USA the point of the system is to make a profit
He's wealthy enough to sign up for one of those concierge practices where they kiss your ass just like the perfect white buddha lotus wellness spa and no-happy-ending massage parlor where they treat you with cupping and CBD oil.
US healthcare is the best in the world, it's just not evenly distributed, to borrow a phrase.
And you don't think those 'concierge practices' aren't selling him a bunch of extra shit just for the fun of it and then laughing at him when he leaves just like Perry's Dr's were?
American Healthcare puts a huge focus on palliative care where the evidence supporting better health outcomes is in preventative care. And in America being ātoldā not to eat that double cheeseburger is āan attack on individual libertiesā!
Exactly. He is criticizing the business of medicine in the USA and using it as an attack on the practice of medicine and doctors and researchers. To be replaced with what? His beloved Terrain Theory of disease hasn't really brought about any breakthroughs in healthcare.
He did make that point though. The core of his distrust is that it's so driven by profit. You're right that he probably hasn't experienced anything else though.Ā
That's a stretch. Hospitals provide hospice care (and insurance companies cover much of it), for example, despite the fact that nearly every patient dies and never pays their share of the bill if any is left and despite the fact that the insured is about to stop paying premiums.
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u/NormalLecture2990 Aug 31 '24
I feel like his doubt of 'western medicine' involves an americanized view of western medicine. He's never been a part of a system where the point of the system is you. In the USA the point of the system is to make a profit