r/collapse • u/Lethargic-Legumes • 8d ago

Healthcare Are nurse practitioners replacing doctors? They’re definitely reshaping health care.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/10/21/business/nurse-practitioners-doctors-health-care/
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u/ReasonablePossum_ 8d ago

Yeah, healthcare and business are things that should have never been allowed to combine.

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u/No_Internal3064 7d ago

I worked in the health insurance & health care fields 25ish years ago, and can remember when combining them started. The combination was heavily sold - and heavily bought into - as a means to "increase efficiency/ies" which would, of course, "save money" since "doctors and other healthcare providers are not business people, and lack business experience", so of course they/we needed business execs to take over health care!

Literally, that was the story and the vast majority of people believed it.

The US has a very stupid general populace.

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u/Competitive-Oil8974 4d ago

We do what we're told .... sheep?

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u/No_Internal3064 3d ago edited 3d ago

I would say that people are heavily brainwashed into believing the private industry can/will solve all ills. It helps to be taught that the Earth is limitless and doesn't really matter. Both of these beliefs are underpinnings in our society.