Money. It is always money. Corporate healthcare systems are money whores (sorry, not sorry). They are a bullet train going down a straight track with a huge $ sign at the end with things like patient care, ethics, physician/nurse preferences, community service little bugs hitting windshield. In order to take over a massive trillion dollar industry it takes monies approaching 1T. The Feds (both D&R) put up the $ and the CDC, FDA, OSHA etc provided the smokescreen.
Our profession is at risk for corporate take over by large dental conglomerates that align with insurance companies and the patient loses. This started pre-COVID. Little has changed for our profession because of COVID except that the sheep in our profession have exposed themselves.
I have been in the medical community for approximately 28 years and I’ve never been so appalled and frustrated by what I am seeing from hospital administrators. It is nothing short of medical tyranny. It is hard to put into words just how frustrated and disappointed I am. If I worked in a hospital instead of a clinic I don’t know if I could ever keep silent. I would probably get fired for all of the emails that I would be sending to leadership calling out their disgusting behavior during Covid.
Something happened to this Substack when it was sent. I lost the last couple of paragraphs that talk specifically to how this experience may not have affected us directly this time. But, if we do not stand up and speak out about this, the rot will spread and none of us will feel safe in the care of a physician.
Another great piece Jessica, thanks.
Money. It is always money. Corporate healthcare systems are money whores (sorry, not sorry). They are a bullet train going down a straight track with a huge $ sign at the end with things like patient care, ethics, physician/nurse preferences, community service little bugs hitting windshield. In order to take over a massive trillion dollar industry it takes monies approaching 1T. The Feds (both D&R) put up the $ and the CDC, FDA, OSHA etc provided the smokescreen.
https://money.com/covid-19-hospital-cost-by-state/
Thank you for sharing this link!
Our profession is at risk for corporate take over by large dental conglomerates that align with insurance companies and the patient loses. This started pre-COVID. Little has changed for our profession because of COVID except that the sheep in our profession have exposed themselves.
I have been in the medical community for approximately 28 years and I’ve never been so appalled and frustrated by what I am seeing from hospital administrators. It is nothing short of medical tyranny. It is hard to put into words just how frustrated and disappointed I am. If I worked in a hospital instead of a clinic I don’t know if I could ever keep silent. I would probably get fired for all of the emails that I would be sending to leadership calling out their disgusting behavior during Covid.
Something happened to this Substack when it was sent. I lost the last couple of paragraphs that talk specifically to how this experience may not have affected us directly this time. But, if we do not stand up and speak out about this, the rot will spread and none of us will feel safe in the care of a physician.
I noticed after I finished my comment and hit “post” the page froze for a bit. :-/