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I am really sorry, and angry, to hear what your partner went through. For the past decade I have been working as a regional RN patient advocate for folks in nursing homes who also have mental health diagnoses. Even before COVID we saw the decline in care, especially the heartbreaking results of corporate buyouts of extended care facilities with the resulting staff cuts, increased resident patient loads, and lowered morale that followed. I reported one physician to the state who had boasted to me about how many patients he could see in an hour, and that Mrs. Smith was just fine. I had to help the family sneak Mrs. Smith out of the facility and take her to the emergency room, where she nearly died from the drug combinations that this physician had prescribed. Yes, this corruption needs to be seen, and stopped.

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And I'll bet "Dr. God" is a Republican. There are so many doctors who shouldn't be allowed within ten miles of the profession.

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And then there are phenomenal physicians and nurse practitioners who get overwhelmed by the caseloads. Our medical system needs excision of the profit motive.

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For profit health care is a freaking disaster, and a national embarrassment.

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jeez, Ally, you wouldn't be advocating "socialized medicine," would you?

seriously, the British have what is probably the most radically socialized medical program in existence, and over here, people love to tell horror stories about things like waiting lists for hip replacements. I've had the good fortune of being friends with a bunch of British doctors, and (despite their occasional complaints about understaffed hospitals, etc.) they all say the exact same thing, which is that "at its best, it works PERFECTLY." house calls and EVERYTHING. one of them did a psychiatric residency in NYC and has written some devastating things about his experiences here.

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Or patients.

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As Jeri says, 'Like' isn't the appropriate response, but your action was well taken even if technically AMA.

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Thank you for your work, MP!

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Thank you, Mary Pat.

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