4 barely known reasons American Healthcare sucks

[hunter]

1. Seriously??? "Illegal Immigrants?"

That's not what the article says. Did they change it?

All sorts of people end up in the E.R. who shouldn't be there, often because it's impossible for them to get a timely doctors appointment, or even find a doctor who will see them.

For serious psych problems the E.R. is just about the only entrance into the health care system. Psychiatrists and other mental health care professionals will tell you explicitly to dial 911 or get yourself to the E.R., especially if they don't know you well. Very few of them are taking on new patients in any sort of timely manner; waiting lists are commonly measured in months.

Shortages of primary care doctors are not caused by bottlenecks in training. The problem is the job sucks. Being forced to practice assembly line medicine, always arguing with multiple insurance companies about one thing or another, not having the time or proper resources to deal with your patients' problems, it's horribly discouraging. And the burden of student loans channels new U.S. doctors into more lucrative specialties. The U.S.A. also imports doctors. Like many other immigrants they'll settle for abusive working conditions because the place they're coming from is worse.