@pedsdoctalk: I shared this on insta stories yesterday and was asked to share it in feed to make it shareable: Why so many families (and doctors) feel let down by our healthcare system: 👉🏽Private equity in medicine: profits prioritized over people. 👉🏽Insurance companies: shrinking coverage, raising costs, basic needs not covered, and leaving families with fewer options. 👉🏽Short appointment slots: most visits are 10–15 minutes—barely enough for history, exam, counseling, and charting. 👉🏽Administrative overload: hours of prior authorizations, forms and excess work due to headaches by insurance companies as well 👉🏽EHR burden: more time checking boxes than looking at patients in the name of “efficiency” 👉🏽Staff shortages: fewer nurses and assistants mean clinicians take on extra roles. And now clinicians are leaving healthcare as well. 👉🏽System-driven metrics: volume and quotas win over quality. 👉🏽Access gaps: long waits for specialists and therapists 👉🏽Lack Of access of mental health or development support: neurodiverse or neurotypical-the wait times and QUALITY support is lacking especially resources covered by insurance 👉🏽Negative rhetoric: pediatricians and other frontline clinicians are often painted as the “problem.” 👉🏽Burnout: many are leaving medicine altogether, worsening the shortage. Here’s the truth: most clinicians went into medicine to help people. But when you squeeze care into 10 minutes, pile on paperwork, strip away coverage, and pressure clinicians to “move faster,” even the best doctors are pushed toward quick fixes like meds instead of having time for root causes, prevention, or lifestyle counseling. This isn’t about bad doctors. It’s about a bad system. Families deserve affordable, consistent care. Clinicians deserve the time and resources to practice medicine the way it was meant to be practiced. Until then, we’ll keep seeing band-aid fixes instead of lasting solutions. Thanks to @docglauc @drlaurenhughes for also discussing this recently as well Sound off below-patient and clinicians. Do you relate ?

Dr. Mona

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Saturday 16 August 2025 17:49:54 GMT