True. Also true: the system ultimately doesn't care because it has architected a dispensatory model for the profession; we are "replaceable" organizational widgets. Our skill set was our competitive advantage. Not anymore. Professional licensure was the last defensible moat. That has eroded through APP scope creep, community hospitals leveraging H1B to import a lower-cost workforce, and efforts to shift clinical decision-making to AI algorithms. At this point, the few points of leverage revolve around covering calls and still being the principal gatekeepers for signing off on clinical decisions. (Someone has to take the fall.) Being a physician has slowly morphed into being a skinsuit for large corporatized conglomerates, often helmed by academic lightweights who couldn't carry water for the premed autists laser-focused on getting into medical school; yet are still expected to bend the knee to their agenda. I cannot imagine what intelligent, high-functioning individual wouldn't resent this and not want out.

Your party told us we were white adjacent, suffered from privilege and deserve to get discriminated against. Sit this one out sis.

My musical tastes as a late teen summed up in 2 pics.

This guy is the archetype of the American persona and literally represents what I consider to be the best attribute of being an American. Where I live, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of men like him -grounded, unpretentious, pragmatic men of action. Thank God, people like this exist.

How neurosurgeons invite each other to national meetings:

"I do not hate him, I want to respond by building."

My acknowledged superpower is being able to walk into a room with a family I've never met and make a deep enough emotional connection to have the "end-of-life" conversation under the most dire of circumstances. But yeah, I like making pitch decks too.

The Doctor's Lounge xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1nGeLMAXP…

The lack of affordability is a direct consequence of passing the Affordable Care Act in 2010.

I deeply admire Poland's strength and spirit. (They defiantly rode out to meet Hitler's tanks on horseback.) Today, I learned a little something about the historical ties between it and India: Between February and May of 1944, Indian and Polish troops were brothers-in-arms at Monte Cassino, fighting as part of the same Allied campaign against Nazi Germany. The 4th and 8th Indian divisions joined with General Władysław Anders’s Polish II Corps to open the route to the Liri Valley. At the completion of the battle, Polish forces raised their flag. Many had found their way to Italy via Iran from India, seeking asylum alongside almost 6000 Polish refugees, who were offered shelter by the ruler of Nawanagar, Maharaja Jam Saheb Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji Jadeja. He became known as "The Good Maharaja." Warsaw has a square and a monument in his honor. He looked after nearly 1000 Polish children who were orphaned or separated from their parents. The children received food, clothing, medical care, schooling, and opportunities to rebuild an ordinary childhood. They had Polish books, religious observances, scouting, sports, music, and theatrical performances. The Polish children even had a name for him - they called him "Bapu" (father). The Maharaja funded the entire endeavor. There is a beautiful summary about the Polish settlements in India at Balachadi and Valivade. Truly wonderful story. artsandculture.google.com/st… @JackPosobiec, it's worth a read.

How does the government plan to provide the healthcare it's guaranteeing? (Mr. El-Sayed will probably have to learn how to actually practice medicine.)