WaterAirSoil

WaterAirSoil t1_j1uzppd wrote

Reply to comment by ballade__ in Why are NJ doctors, especially those in family medicine all joining for-profit, multi-specialty medical groups? Those groups do are deteriorating the good doctor and patient communication/relationship that use to exist. by Eastcoastpal

It’s not as difficult as you make it out to be. Most of them come from family with money and have extra curricular activities and internships arranged for them. They go to undergrad just like everyone else. Medical school is set up to be as accommodating as possible as so almost no one fails out. You don’t even have to show up to lectures you can pay to have receive transcripts from each class and just show up to the tests.

Yes it takes a lot of work but most people with a graduate degree have put in the same work but their degree doesn’t get compensated as much because their careers aren’t protected like doctors. If you come from another country you have to get into a residency/fellowship program first here in the states unlike say a computer engineer that can easily obtain a job here in the states with their foreign degrees.

Again, my experience is that about 95% of doctors would never have become one of it weren’t for the unwritten promise of being in the elite crowd and going to dinners and wearing fancy clothes.

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WaterAirSoil t1_j1u7hzs wrote

Reply to Why are NJ doctors, especially those in family medicine all joining for-profit, multi-specialty medical groups? Those groups do are deteriorating the good doctor and patient communication/relationship that use to exist. by Eastcoastpal

I was married to a doctor for 10 years. My experience was that doctors are just rich people in the US cosplaying as hero’s. The amount of money and support one needs to become a doctor sort of weeds out anyone who is doing it to help people.

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WaterAirSoil t1_iycvdxl wrote

Reply to Holmdel proposes fines, jail time for attempted car thefts by double_chicken

There are two ways to approach car theft/crime. Make it illegal for anyone to even think about stealing from/cars. Or you can address the conditions which cause people to steal from/cars.

Most crime is not committed by people whose needs are met and are just bored but by people who lack basic necessities like stable Housing, medical treatment, food, employments, etc.

In other words, crime arises out of substandard living conditions.

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