I really hope this is a troll. If not it at least showcases the attitude that’s wrong with much of the American medical system.

> Without those standards, the profession would lose its weight, its dignity. If becoming a doctor were simply a matter of competence and compassion, we’d all be wearing name tags and making $60,000 a year.

Ah yes, the American dignity of a fat paycheck based on gate keeping.

> Let’s not pretend this work is trivial, either. Just last week I diagnosed a UTI, prescribed a $4 antibiotic, and quite literally saved someone’s life — that’s a bargain at $500.

Let’s be fair, a nurse can do that too. Really ChatGPT probably could do that now. ChatGPT deserves a McLauren now!

Actually Alexander Fleming, Howard Florey, and Ernst Chain deserve more credit for discovering and then mass producing the first antibiotic penicillin. Which btw they didn’t patent because they believed it should help people.