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I like how every patient gets a big room with huge windows and a team of doctors on call 24/7 and 12 medical tests done a day with no waiting. And no one ever talked about the bills.
Because people want to watch something that makes them feel good... Real life doesnt have beautiful doctors with perfect bodies, hair and makeup either. And the light is not turned down and romantic. Lols.
And I kind of like the story. Imagine if you actually had a genius doctor that would always be right. The hospital wouldnt fire him, or maybe they would, if they dont care if patients get better. In real life, maybe more money in keeping them sick.
Did you watch the show? That's all explained and is not typical. House has a very specialized practice dealing in absurd rare cases that no one can figure out. There was even an entire season arc about money and profits.
How does employing House make the hospital money?
It's a teaching hospital, so they don't (entirely) rely on the regular patient-funded system common in the USA.
House's reputation can totally help with funding.
been awhile since i watched it, but didnt they state it was some hospital in a really rich neighborhood?
I think the in universe explanation was that it was a teaching hospital. But I’m pretty sure even those charge patients something in the US.
Well, his is typically a one-case department. They talk about cutting his department or funding regularly because it is expensive. In the end, they always conclude he does more good than harm and let him keep abusing people to save a life here or there. I'm not saying anything of this is logical, ethical, or consistent with any reality I want to live in, I'm just saying they address a lot of this across the seasons.
Patients also only get sent to House when nobody else can figure it out.
it's a fake drama without any basis in reality.
100%, and I gotta say it was a great show. A little lacking in the last season or two but I loved the ending of the series overall.
Mood I was in the ER this weekend for a broken collarbone and saw one doctor and two nurses and Tylenol for the pain. I had to make my own follow up appt with an orthopedic doctor in network and I couldn't request my medical records to be forwarded to new office. Fuck healthcare cause 5 days after the break I finally got an opinion from a qualified doctor: NO SURGERY. Fml
"Fuck American healthcare" FTFY
i bet medical care is like that if you're rich
the thing is they tamper with the queues to put themselves on top, and nobody says anything
I thought they did get mad about the queues a couple of times.