Originally Posted by
paraclete
Tom the key is how much the doctors are paid, obviously if payment is insufficient they will want to opt out. There are differences between essential or emergency surgery and surgery that is non urgent or for cosmetic reasons, just as there are differences in why people want to consult a doctor. One of the great reasons people want to consult a doctor is fear, they are unable to identify common ailments. Doctors have been trained not to rely on their judgement but to order up expensive tests, etc when most of the time these will yield a negative result. If these procedures were paid for on the basis of positive result their use would decline to essential occasions.
You see everything through the lens of a commercialised system that only works for the top 10% or those with expensive insurance