alt Hacker News> If there are 10x and 0.1x engineers, you bet there are 10x and 0.1x doctors.
So if we already have a massive doctor shortage, including 0.1x doctors, you can begin to guess how awful the medical system is in the US.
You could be paying exorbitant rates only to end up with a 0.1x doctor, because there was literally no one else within 30 miles in a rural area.
Pretty depressing to think about.
It’s one reason why I will absolutely not move to a rural area, no matter what the benefits are to cost-of-living and getting away from the city. Rural America is getting completely emptied of all its medical providers, because it’s impossible to provide medical services at a profit. Doubly-so if you need any kind of specialist care; in rural areas, forget about it.