Federal Government gets stuck-- 63 million doses of MAGA drug?

Trump signs everyone of them. Can redeem the box for a Trump steaks discount.

No grift! It's in the contract!

 

I did internal medicine briefly and then podiatry school and then O&P. Out of those three, I enjoyed my time the most at O&P. The advancement in prosthetics and orthotics are incredible.They have the most talented and incredible people working in that field. If I were to mentor a young person trying to get into medicine, I would point him or her towards an O&P program. You don’t have to be a physician to do O&P, but the rewards are priceless when you can help a patient regaining their independence with technology and your skills on how to use it.
I’ve taken Hydroxychloroquine on the many medical mission trips to areas of the world that are still dealing with malaria. That’s why I put my two cents in the discussion. The drug has great safety records and it’s not a miracle drug or anything, just another option in the toolbox against this virus. However; like everything now, it’s been politicized to death. Peace

 

So is the FDA and CDC wrong about its usefulness against COVID?

 

Imagine voting for this Trainwreck.

 

Lots of sheep too. Jared is pleased.

 

Those two organizations don’t have the best track records of accuracy either. You’re missing the point my friend. If they think the drug is useless and not helping with the virus, just say so, but don’t demonize a well proven, well researched and safe drug for the sake of politics.

 

There would be no “demonizing” of Hydroxycholoroquine (whatever the hell that means) if this orange buffoon wasn’t hyping it up so much as an effective treatment for coronavirus even after it was clear that it’s not.

The idiots that latch onto his every word were of course rushing to scoop all of it up making it hard for the people who actually need it for conditions such as lupus to get refills.

 

Unless he is talking out of his ass. Could be who knows this is the internet after. Some people even use the word of God to troll. So anything is possible

 

Just jack up see prices and sell it to those needy lupus patients

 

Saw that episode. Funny as hell@Buck Turgidson

 

but it’s been politicized to death by the chicom ass kisser w the fake orange hair

 

New England Journal of Medicine? Columbia?

Can you link any studies from reputable sources indicating the medicine is medically helpful?

 

Are you an American IMG (e.g. carribean grad)? I mean no disrespect but why would you do medical school, an IM residency, then go to podiatry school after the fact?

 

When I started practicing in the late 90s, HMO( where patient can only see doctors that in the network) was the rage, most of my colleagues and I hated it because healthcare had turned into a pure corporate driven beast. Profits was the name of the game, not patient-doctor relationships.In fact, those doctors in HMO will get a fixed salary for seeing patients or not. Administrators took the decision makings out of the doctor’s hands completely. Those patients who have the PPO plan were the lucky ones that can see doctors and specialists of their choice. It is getting steadily worse because costs are going up and up on top of the mountains of paperwork that you have to put in so that takes times away from seeing patients.

How many times have you gone to the doctors and your visit was shorter than a cup of coffee? You can thank the corporate driven beast that I’ve just mentioned. We all know we can’t go this route for long and Medicare would be insolvent soon and ironically, Medicare is the one that sets the pricing for most things healthcare related. When Obamacare came out my colleagues and I all knew this was a temporary fix and the ultimate goal was for universal healthcare which we were all against, think HMO on steroids. Sure enough, when patients were on Obamacare, their premiums and deductibles went through the roof. You tell me what kind of health insurance is that you have to pay the first 10k in deductibles before your insurance can pay a portion of your bill? The reimbursement for providers were ridiculously low for the amounts of paperwork that we must do.

Now you know why so many providers don’t take Obamacare. I did at first, and after so many non payments from patients and denials from the insurance company, I would have to close my practice if we continuing on that route.
It’s a simplified explanation because healthcare is complex, and my little post won’t go deep into other issues. I’m glad I don’t have to deal with that mess anymore.

 

Worked wonders with insulin...

 

Lol, no stateside. I thought I like internal medicine at first, but I knew I would make a bigger impact if I chose my later route and I was correct. There were too much of a routine work with internal medicine and it seemed like all I did was to write scripts all day long. With podiatry and O&P, I get to do complicated surgery as well designed prosthetics and orthotics to get my patients moving again.
I’m not a unique case, met one or two colleagues that did the same route. Our cases are rare though, most people don’t do that.

 

LMAO of course @Os Trigonum would like that transition.

I knew people who completed their IM residency then went into ortho after the fact because that was their real dream. They're content, but I cannot imagine doing TWO residencies let alone spending another 4+ years (or however long podiatry school and podiatry residency is) after medical school and a residency.

 

How many disinfectants and inside the body lights have we invested in?

 

Both residences were 3 years (36 months) a piece. Yeah, it seemed like a weird route, but back then after my military service, it gave me a lot of discipline to achieve my goals and I was single so that helped out a lot, I got married really late into my 40s, there were no way I could have done this if I was married, many married medical students divorced their spouses. For a long ass time, all I did was study and take tests. Lol

 

Different folks, different strokes. Glad you found your passion though!