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The prescription racket, run by the American Medical Association and the Food and Drug Administration, deprives us from our medical rights.
We are no longer allowed to self-medicate nor request certain tests. It always requires a doctor's approval.
This looks pretty much like parasitic make-work to me. It's about control, extortion and prestige, not about genuine health care.
We should replace doctors with technology and basic medical knowledge should be taught in school so that people become medically self-sufficient and consult doctors only when it's truly necessary.
Could it be that the doctor's insistence on controlling everything and using the coercive power of the state to do so is what's driving health care costs through the roof ?
Could it be if people had more medical freedoms and medical knowledge that health care costs would be significantly lower ?
Finally, this looks like a profitable business opportunity for those who know electronics and programming.
There is already many phone aps and peripherals that are used to diagnose health conditions and manage your health. Doctors in the future will face technological competition and general patient rebellion.
Dec 27, 2014, 6:48:59 PM
Posted to Before You Become a Doctor