Where are all the doctors?

[Kitty Cat]

I don’t know if this is just a Missouri thing or what. Anytime I need a doctor, dentist or specialist it takes months to get an appointment. A simple blood draw, 2 months. A broken tooth, April 1st. A neurologist appointment, June of next year, a mammogram, 4 months out. My general practitioner late Nov. is this going on everywhere? I moved from Tx to Mo 5 years ago and I don’t remember Tx having these issues.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

If you are in a rural part of most any state you will be finding these problems.

 

[Oddball]

My dentist is still working through the backlog that the Covidiocy brought about.

 

[Kitty Cat]

I am but my husband goes up to KU in Kansas City with all his health problems and he cant get appointments in a timely manor either.

 

[1srelluc]

As of November 2022, there were 333 million people in the US, of those 84,815,742 individuals were enrolled in Medicaid in the US.....That's why the producers of our society can't get a appointment in a timely manner.....Too many deadbeats clogging-up the system.

 

[Votto]

I don’t know if this is just a Missouri thing or what. Anytime I need a doctor, dentist or specialist it takes months to get an appointment. A simple blood draw, 2 months. A broken tooth, April 1st. A neurologist appointment, June of next year, a mammogram, 4 months out. My general practitioner late Nov. is this going on everywhere? I moved from Tx to Mo 5 years ago and I don’t remember Tx having these issues.

The more government guts health care the less people will want to spend their whole lives in college becoming a doctor.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Corporations were allowed to swallow up Hospitals all over the nation throughout the 90s and still to this day.
Urban hospitals make way-way more money per sq. foot than rural hospitals. It isn't even close.
Urban staff are therefore paid considerably more than rural staff as well.

That is where all the doctors are.
We have the same problem here. It can take 3-4 months to see a doctor - even if you have something wrong with you that needs attention.

 

[Care4all]

I don’t know if this is just a Missouri thing or what. Anytime I need a doctor, dentist or specialist it takes months to get an appointment. A simple blood draw, 2 months. A broken tooth, April 1st. A neurologist appointment, June of next year, a mammogram, 4 months out. My general practitioner late Nov. is this going on everywhere? I moved from Tx to Mo 5 years ago and I don’t remember Tx having these issues.

It's the same thing here....only I can get lab work immediately and see my primary care doctor within a week, but any specialist? 8 months out....requested to see a dermatologist for melanoma this past June, the appointment I got is February 2nd, 2024, a colonoscopy 4 months wait, teeth cleaning 8 months out, to get a filling done, 6 months wait... Mammogram 8 months wait.

It's awful awful awful.

There is a huge shortage of doctors in rural areas....

 

[Manonthestreet]

How many did we lose to early retirement during COVID?
Losing my doc shortly to retirement. Been seeing him for thirty yrs

 

[citygator]

Statistically there are more doctors than ever even when adjusting for population... pretty flat though since 2013 so its not like there are more. Maybe they are servicing more unhealthy people from the obesity epidemic and covid health issues? The second chart says the doctor gap is growing....

 

[MarathonMike]

As of November 2022, there were 333 million people in the US, of those 84,815,742 individuals were enrolled in Medicaid in the US.....That's why the producers of our society can't get a appointment in a timely manner.....Too many deadbeats clogging-up the system.

Just for the record, Obamacare was a code name for "Biggest expansion of Medicaid in US history".

 

[LordBrownTrout]

It's the same thing here....only I can get lab work immediately and see my primary care doctor within a week, but any specialist? 8 months out....requested to see a dermatologist for melanoma this past June, the appointment I got is February 2nd, 2024, a colonoscopy 4 months wait, teeth cleaning 8 months out, to get a filling done, 6 months wait... Mammogram 8 months wait.

It's awful awful awful.

There is a huge shortage of doctors in rural areas....

Friend of mine works out in a rural area. He said he could work around the clock and never be done with the appts coming in.

 

[Dekster]

I don’t know if this is just a Missouri thing or what. Anytime I need a doctor, dentist or specialist it takes months to get an appointment. A simple blood draw, 2 months. A broken tooth, April 1st. A neurologist appointment, June of next year, a mammogram, 4 months out. My general practitioner late Nov. is this going on everywhere? I moved from Tx to Mo 5 years ago and I don’t remember Tx having these issues.

The supply of doctors in the market is somewhat controlled by Medicare as it is the primary funder of a great deal of America's residencies. Sure you can go off to med school and then into a research lab or something, but if you want to actually practice medicine at the provider level, you have to get one of those slots. It is essentially a government controlled market shortage.

As for dentists, well you need to get in good with your dentist to be able to jump that line. My dentist sets aside Fridays for emergencies and pain in the ass procedures and it is always jamb packed that day too. It took my sister a year to get her first cleaning that was originally scheduled for the week the shutdowns began in the state. I like to pretend that our dentist prioritizes us because he likes us at least.....but I suspect it is mainly because we come as a package deal of 5 patients. It is all or nothing.

 

[citygator]

Most rural areas are driving doctors away with draconian laws.

As Abortion Laws Drive Obstetricians From Red States, Maternity Care Suffers

Some doctors who handle high-risk pregnancies are fleeing restrictive abortion laws. Idaho has been particularly hard hit.

www.nytimes.com

 

[luiza]

Good job professional people did not take the Killer Shots .

Then it would be really bad .

 

[1srelluc]

Just for the record, Obamacare was a code name for "Biggest expansion of Medicaid in US history".

Yes it was.....The medicaid numbers were less than half that before Halfrican Care took hold.

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Good job professional people did not take the Killer Shots .

Then it would be really bad .

Most doctors were clueless and followed along with whatever the CDC said. Some knew how deadly the injection was but went along to collect the money. It's time to hold these people accountable for their actions.

 

[luiza]

Most doctors were clueless and followed along with whatever the CDC said. Some knew how deadly the injection was but went along to collect the money. It's time to hold these people accountable for their actions.

I trust you realised that I was being sarcastic .

What you say is absolutely right . Doctors are in no way any different to other professional groups( gone missing ) though you might have hoped more Doctors etc would have found the time to think and research rather than just act as compliant turds and robots .

I have a brilliant GP who is like a second St Theresa but when I started gently chatting to her about Covid and Killer Shot research papers she had no idea what I was talking about .
She was working crazy long hours , often with hysterical and fearful people and did not have the time to even lead a normal private life, let alone be a spare time scholar and investigator .
I was always her last telephone appointment and we invariably chatted for around an hour but she never rang me before 22.30 at night and once at 23.15 . Married with two teenagers , head of a practise and ageing at least 10 years over a 2-3 year period . I have seen her twice recently and could barely believe the physical change . .

 

[LordBrownTrout]

I trust you realised that I was being sarcastic .

What you say is absolutely right . Doctors are in no way any different to other professional groups( gone missing ) though you might have hoped more Doctors etc would have found the time to think and research rather than just act as compliant turds and robots .

I have a brilliant GP who is like a second St Theresa but when I started gently chatting to her about Covid and Killer Shot research papers she had no idea what I was talking about .
She was working crazy long hours , often with hysterical and fearful people and did not have the time to even lead a normal private life, let alone be a spare time scholar and investigator .
I was always her last telephone appointment and we invariably chatted for around an hour but she never rang me before 22.30 at night and once at 23.15 . Married with two teenagers , head of a practise and ageing at least 10 years over a 2-3 year period . I have seen her twice recently and could barely believe the physical change . .

Oh yeah I knew you were!

 

[Captain Caveman]

I don’t know if this is just a Missouri thing or what. Anytime I need a doctor, dentist or specialist it takes months to get an appointment. A simple blood draw, 2 months. A broken tooth, April 1st. A neurologist appointment, June of next year, a mammogram, 4 months out. My general practitioner late Nov. is this going on everywhere? I moved from Tx to Mo 5 years ago and I don’t remember Tx having these issues.

According to Tommy Tainant , it's the Tories fault. But that's retards for you.