The famous medical cartel.... Tell me, if they're so powerful, how come primary care medicine is, apparently, on the list of jobs that "Americans won't do"? By now, close to half of our PCP's are foreign trained.
Some years ago I read a study showing that only about 2% of the 4th year American medical school students plan to spend their careers in Primary Care. Why? Apparently, because this isn't the best way towards fame and fortune - cartel or no cartel. Of course, those young people are making a mistake - as socialism in healthcare keeps advancing, the doc's work hours are improving, and their incomes keep going up.
Except... they, along with the truck and taxi drivers, are about to lose their jobs to computers. They say, a career of the future is to be trained to examine people - and to feed the information to a "Dr. Computer", who will take over from that point on. (Personally, I wouldn't recommend to any young person to take this career path - they'll be out of business as soon as the quality of the interface between the patient and the AI "doctor" improves).
So, if anyone knows any members of the all powerful medical cartel (I don't), tell them to enjoy their great power and influence while it lasts, for they're about to join the jobless millions of the forthcoming jobless society.
Or so they say. |
