• dohpaz42@lemmy.world
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    I never will understand how somebody gets into any facet of medicine (e.g. nurse, doctor, pharmacist) and find it okay to deny anybody healthcare solely based on how the person lives. Like dude, there are better ways to make money and be a bigot at the same time. Insurance CEO comes to mind. Cannon fodder as well.

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      Because nursing school will shove you through even if you should fail and it’s an affordable 2 year degree that pays. And that’s how I ended up explaining what the P in HIPAA stands for and how to operate a mask. White trash nurses are a meme.

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      What if the patient is a health care CEO who is known for denying health care to others?

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        Definitely treat them. Really enthusiastically. And let everyone else in the building, perhaps people whose inaurance is fucking them, know what room it’s in. Obviously stay on hand to make sure nobody gets any mortal injuries. Bill it extra for every part of that. Do not let your patient die. Dying us bad; think of everything left in the world for your patient to do!

        This is a happy fantasy. I wish doctors were this cool.

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        Make sure to leave out the patient name and occupation when filling out the healthcare paperwork to see if they are covered for whatever procedures they need.

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          Oh I’m sorry, I can’t seem to find the vein. Gosh, have you been drinking enough fluids?

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      Same answer to both; cowardly traditionalist afraid to speak their minds.

      From traditional/conservative families which value the status of being a doctor, not the “helping patients” part. Prejudiced.

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        This.

        There are so, so many doctors who ended up in the profession merely for the prestige.

        Doctors aren’t smarter than everyone else, they just had the resources to be able to study for more years.

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      On a similar vein, I don’t understand doctors who are young earth creationists. Your whole job is understanding biology.