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Originally Posted by Barefootsies
I initially was put on a pill called omeprazole for 60-90 days while we tweaked my diet, and adjusting some eating habits (like eating too close to bed time) and the times of day you eat things if you're going to eat them. After the first month, I stopped taking it daily and went to every other day, and then every 3 days. I do not like taking pills and the sooner could be off it the better.
Needless to say within the first month, the gunk in the back of my throat was gone along with the post nasal drip that had been there on and off for years causing me to constantly be coughing. My allergies and sinuses cleared up. No more choking in my sleep incidents. Plus I slept and felt better. All because of ONE visit to a specialist who could properly diagnose and treat the issue.
As explained above, you can see how completely inefficient our health system is and the costs associated with it.
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If you ask me the primary problems of health care relate to the fact that the feedback loop is broken. What I mean by that is, a bad Dr. has to be REALLY bad before they get sued and maybe have their license revoked. Whereas all the little mistakes they've been making their whole career never came back to them to teach them anything. Look at your own situation - you dealt with probably hundreds of individuals and none of them will ever get the feedback - hey you got this one wrong, this was the correct diagnosis, this was how it was treated successfully.
1) Increase patient outcome / patient opinion feedback to the doctor and to the public so that even if the Dr. doesn't care his pocketbook will when his patients dry up
2) Completely remove medical insurance and force clear billing so that patients now care about efficiency and outcomes
3) Completely remove government funding (ok, limit) and union involvement
I've seen so much waste and stupidity during a similar journey as yourself that it makes me sick. (heh) Closing the feedback loop enables there to be a darwinian improvement process whereas right now, there is no force acting to improve outcomes.