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Next time you need surgery give me a call. I don't have any relevant qualifications; I have no training; I don't have a professional registration; I don't have insurance; but yeah sure I can watch a few Youtube videos and give it a go.



If you have good Yelp reviews or if I could speak with happy patients I would consider taking you up on it. Seriously.

I've received enough terrible medical and dental care from various "trained" and "registered" practitioners to value referrals much more than any credential or certification.

If you yourself truly believe that a professional registration is satisfactory, then I trust you practice what you preach by never researching doctor reviews. To do so would invalidate your argument.


Uber for surgery! Move fast and break people. I swear HN is a self-parody sometimes.


Moving fast and breaking people is, horrifically, the status quo. Special interests in healthcare, enabled by heavy regulation, go great lengths to insulate doctors from the consequences of providing poor care and the rewards of providing excellent care. We all suffer as a result.

Your experience with healthcare might be different, but my own experience in the US has been this: I rarely see doctors that have later contacted me to see how the treatment they prescribed was working. Nearly every other service or product I purchase entreats me with a satisfaction survey at some point. I've asked myself: why don't doctors care about my outcome?

I have concluded that while I am the one with the sick body and paying money to fix myself, I am not the only customer. The regulatory agencies, credentialing schools, special interest groups, pharmaceutical companies, and healthcare unions are too.


I will do it for half of whatever parent will charge. We also have ping pong and kombucha on tap in the waiting room.




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