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Is Money the Root of All Evil in Medicine or Not?
Too often money makes all the difference between what a patient receives and who will provide the services they need.
Medicine or healthcare is a noble area to enter, but not everyone who enters it has such high-minded goals, and far too many are in it for the money. We see this, especially when pain mills are raided because of the number of scripts they are writing. It’s estimated that over three thousand “patients” died as a result of pills they bought at one mill.
But are these “patients” merely seeking drugs or relief? Far too many never realize that pain medications are prone to losing their efficacy over time, and these mills are ready, willing, and able to satisfy what other medical professionals will not.
Where else do we see money as the driving force behind medical treatment? When one hospital told healthcare personnel that they would receive 90% of the income from their faculty practice, the allure was evident. But it’s not always physicians because dentists and nurse practitioners, too, are jumping on the bandwagon. I had first-hand experience here when the physician, who saw me once, had them draw 18 vials of blood, and the results indicated he ordered the wrong tests and he wanted to do a repeat. “Well,” he said, “we all make mistakes.” How much did that cost my insurance? I think he made more…
