Do you believe the medical industry as a whole (pharmaceutical companies as well) have your best interest in mind?
21 Answers to "Do you believe the medical industry as a whole (pharmaceutical companies as well) have your best interest in mind?"
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Industries don't have morality...that's why people have to.
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When the industry is taking care of people...it's unfortunate...
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it's reality... this is the problem when people talk about things like "letting the market decide" ...it's a concept, a cultural construct...and we should construct them with morality in mind rather than pretending they are somehow outside human control
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I don't even believe my family doctor has my best interest at heart. Bottom line is all.
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You need to find another GP, I trust they are out there. Live in the UK so different system to yours. Been so lucky with mine, helped me loads, not be here if not for their caring.Like (1)
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Long long story. Now worth the telling. I just don't have a lot of faith in doctors under our health care system. They get paid by the visit, not by the hour. So, they book about 60 patients an hour.
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At one time they did,... sadly, they haven't for many years.
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You're right...at one time they did. There was a large shift in how medicine was being taught and voila...here we are now. The change obviously wasn't good...
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no..we are just another source of income
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Like I just answered on an insurance company question the health industry is more beholding to their stockholders than the people they are suppose to serve
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Me as an individual of course not. Treatments that can bring in money of course. Example, drugs for Hiv/AIDS were available at first, but not the paediatric dose. Why not ? No money in that, the vast majority of hiv infected babies were born in poor countries at that time.
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Why produce a cure when you can make billions off treatments.
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you nailed it!Like (1)
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Because you have a conscious...the thing is the weight of one problem does not go away by way of greed...it only compounds it.
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They sell health, and like every other corporation selling something it's the bottom line that they're most interested in ;-)
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No, I had a friend who owned his own business selling medical supplies.. in short to many middle men profiting off from it... he showed as an example a pump that sold in an industrial magazine for about a hundred bucks that when sold as a medical supply was over five hundred .. the exact same pump.
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Yes, with fine print.
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*reviews car ownership and bank balances* I have solid evidence they have their best interest in mind. Next question?
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No only their salaries and paychecks.
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What else?
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Of course they don't. There's no money in the cure, the money is in the medicine.
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Nooo....they are in 'business'....businessmen never have our best interests at heart...only the dollar amounts.....
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Not in the least................................................................
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They have your wallet in mind!
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Not even close.
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No. It's big business with big bucks to it for shareholders. This is NOT a "love thang"!
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Best Answer (Chosen by Voting):
Posted by Fenally Jan 24th, 2013 at 3:59PM
Of course they don't! Their priority is obviously to make money; they're highly successful multi-national corporations hiding behind the facade of noble work.
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Reply by growwhereyouglow Jan 24th, 2013 at 4:08PM
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