Obviously this thread and also others are filled with the current problems facing the healthcare system. Decreased reimbursements, increased productivity and for-profit systems being the biggest topics. There will be a shortage of doctors in the coming decades.
So is there a chance that consumer behavior surrounding medicine will change? Will people start going to more mom and pop shops for their healthcare needs? Instead of visiting their primary doctor for a total of $600-700 a visit?
I've seen it first hand. A guy on a moped rear-ended me last year. He was banged up pretty bad, but he refused to call an ambulance because he didn't have health insurance. He decided he would take his chances at healing by himself.
I guess my question is, will the next 10-20 years of medicine look completely different than today? Will this current healthcare system eventually break? Will solo practitioners make a come back and non-insurance based healthcare/alternative medicines become a big market?
This is coming from someone who wanted to get into healthcare (as a doctor, PT or something) but ultimately decided against it because of student debt, the downward slope of the industry's ethics and all the terrible politics.
If I'm wrong, where do you think medicine is headed in the coming decades? I'm just really curious and would love to engage in discussion about it.
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