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    The Wall Street Journal‏Verified account @WSJ Apr 24

    Opinion: Why is American medicine so expensive? One reason is that doctors are forced to get bachelor’s degrees, write @CPopeHC and Tim Ricehttps://on.wsj.com/2HWL5Co 

    6:30 PM - 24 Apr 2018
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      2. Nick Sawyer‏ @NickSawyerMD Apr 24
        Replying to @WSJ @CPopeHC

        American healthcare is expensive because there are countless businesses who exploit the patient-doctor relationship for their own/shareholders’ financial gain. Quit the alternative narrative bs. We see you.

        1 reply 3 retweets 19 likes
      3. Nick Sawyer‏ @NickSawyerMD Apr 25
        Replying to @NickSawyerMD @WSJ @CPopeHC

        Moreover, college is an exercise in critical thinking, especially premedical education. I can’t imagine you want less educated physicians caring for you?

        1 reply 1 retweet 6 likes
      4. Nick Sawyer‏ @NickSawyerMD Apr 25
        Replying to @NickSawyerMD @WSJ @CPopeHC

        Additionally, the bottleneck to graduating more US physicians is due to lack of residency positions, not that students are moving too slowly through the system. https://news.aamc.org/for-the-media/article/gme-funding-doctor-shortage/ …pic.twitter.com/ADvKyroBjS

        1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
      5. Nick Sawyer‏ @NickSawyerMD Apr 25
        Replying to @NickSawyerMD @WSJ @CPopeHC

        Finally, per the @AAMCtoday, in 2017, 75% of medical students graduated with educational debt, median amount being $192,000. A small fraction of that is from premedical education $25,000. Medical school is the real cost center here, median cost $180,000.pic.twitter.com/axjCS2eyEv

        1 reply 2 retweets 4 likes
      6. Nick Sawyer‏ @NickSawyerMD Apr 25
        Replying to @NickSawyerMD @WSJ and

        For your next opinion piece on why American medicine is so expensive consider covering the publicly traded for-profit health insurance industry's roll in shifting healthcare dollars to their shareholders, not blaming doctors' educations. #health #healthcarepic.twitter.com/s0KTaWTJbJ

        0 replies 4 retweets 6 likes
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      2. KJE‏ @kevcol12 Apr 24
        Replying to @WSJ @CPopeHC

        Let me guess. The writer was a science major in college. Well I was a history major who went to medical school and I wouldn’t trade my four years at the @UMich in the @umichLSA for anything !!! There is more to being a physician then science.

        3 replies 1 retweet 16 likes
      3. Darrell White‏ @DarrellWhite Apr 24
        Replying to @kevcol12 @WSJ and

        Aye.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. KJE‏ @kevcol12 Apr 24
        Replying to @DarrellWhite @WSJ and

        Would you trade away your undergrad experience to save $$$ ?

        2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      5. Darrell White‏ @DarrellWhite Apr 24
        Replying to @kevcol12 @WSJ and

        NFW. No football? No lifelong friends made over the Nth beer? Nope. Nor would I trade 4th yr Med school electives. I am sum total of my 8 yrs.

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      6. KJE‏ @kevcol12 Apr 25
        Replying to @DarrellWhite @WSJ and

        Amen brother. Me too

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      2. Out & About‏ @un_de_fora Apr 24
        Replying to @WSJ @CPopeHC

        Healthcare in the US is expensive because it is a business, with mark-ups every step of the way. Thats an expection in most western economies. Same thing with college education.

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      3. Greg Fann‏ @greg_fann Apr 25
        Replying to @un_de_fora @WSJ @CPopeHC

        Like higher education, prices have become expensive because very few Americans directly purchase care. For most business products, high prices would constrain demand and the “mark-ups” you mention wouldn’tbe accepted by the market.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Mary Williams‏ @mishqueen Apr 26
        Replying to @greg_fann @un_de_fora and

        Yep. Make the product purchase indirectly, and protect the provider from any market penalties. A recipe for unbelievable inflation.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Victoria N.McCormick‏ @vmccormick66641 Apr 24
        Replying to @WSJ @CPopeHC

        Yet understanding culturally diverse patients is paramount for successful outcomes!

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      1. Philanek‏ @Philkonek Apr 24
        Replying to @WSJ @CPopeHC

        Not really. Doctors everywhere are "forced" to have higher education, which is usually far longer than any 'conventional' academic path. But it's the US that takes the cake on being batsh-t expensive. Blame capitalism. Health is a valued commodity nowadays.

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      2. Jim Owen‏ @studenthumanjim Apr 24
        Replying to @WSJ @CPopeHC

        I most certainly do not want any professional to be ignorant of culture, art or government, not to mention interpersonal relationships. And you may be sure these are not taught in our high schools.

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      2. WeAREtheStorm ❄‏ @A_Big_Hell_NO Apr 24
        Replying to @WSJ @CPopeHC

        Wow. Forced to take trig, calculus, economics, chemistry, learn how to write an organized paper - like, a medical one! None of that's relevant, right? There are class choices, ya know. Maybe they should choose better!

        1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
      3. Misty Price‏ @Gummi_Gal Apr 24
        Replying to @A_Big_Hell_NO @WSJ @CPopeHC

        I don't have @WSJ so I can't read why CPope would think make a ridiculous statement but seems like they likely need to learn basic science somewhere. It would probably benefit them to take a few business courses too, if they plan to have their own practice....ie own a business

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Gabriel Chamyan‏ @arboretumlvr Apr 24
        Replying to @Gummi_Gal @A_Big_Hell_NO and

        In much of the rest of the world they get that in high school.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Misty Price‏ @Gummi_Gal Apr 24
        Replying to @arboretumlvr @A_Big_Hell_NO and

        Not the advanced stuff that is taught in college that they need for medicine.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Gabriel Chamyan‏ @arboretumlvr Apr 24
        Replying to @Gummi_Gal @A_Big_Hell_NO and

        Yes. Calculus, organic chemistry, anatomy, physiology, physics.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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