Dr. Gripesalot

$7.8 billion - stop setting money on fire and just pay primary care more. Your communities will be healthier and happier.

Every person between you and your doctor is a profit extraction mechanism.

@SethBorman @MaxJordan_N It is. And when you do it’s usually after a patient has an issue

@pgipe @MaxJordan_N Thanks! This is the kind of thing that is hard to find out about.

Just so ppl know, not all MRIs are created equal!

@SethBorman @MaxJordan_N MRI magnet different than slice size in CT. And some places do hold onto machines for too long. Hospitals included. But for most places with decent equipment the difference is often negligible.

@pgipe @MaxJordan_N I get that some have more slices, the question is whether the rads are selling studies that need higher resolution than they can provide.

We have a year’s worth of economic data since Liberation Day, when President Trump announced much higher tariffs on most imported goods and countries, and the data are definitive; the tariffs have done significant damage to the economy. Since that day, job growth has come to a standstill, with only the non-traded healthcare industry adding meaningfully to payrolls. Also, since that day, inflation has accelerated, with the consumer expenditure deflator increasing at a 3% year-over-year pace, up from 2.5% before the tariffs and well above the Federal Reserve’s target of 2%. And the trend lines don’t look good, especially as the economic fallout from the Iran War hits with full force. The higher energy and other commodity prices caused by the war threaten to do even more economic damage than the tariffs, further undermining growth and pushing inflation higher. The U.S. economy is resilient, but just how resilient is set to be tested.

@SethBorman @MaxJordan_N Correct. But the image quality of same study is rarely (but sometimes) a clinical concern between machines. The hospitals will brag on their new magnet-but it’s not with the 5X delta

@pgipe @MaxJordan_N When my wife refers I call around to find the right study. The cheapest place doesn't do every study.

Real doc out here getting it done!

@chrisorzy Sure, if your kids love it, great. If it’s because you think sports is life and your kid is getting a full ride to State U-this is just a transparent sales pitch.

Travel sports: - guaranteed family time every weekend - tour the entire country, see the sights - kids gain athletic skills and priceless memories - chance at scholarships/NIL money - kids stay out of trouble - make friends with people in town This is supposed to be “bad”?

@TrafficBrokerX @chrisorzy I can tell you confidently yours doesn’t either. Statistically there’s a 98% chance I’m right.

@chrisorzy Many are upset their children have no potential of securing the NIL Bag.

@AmmarNasirMD @olsonplanner @LEGO_Group Same brother. Plus having a kid at 49 will push that decision back a bit. Lol

@pgipe @olsonplanner I won’t ever be able to. I make baaaad financial decisions…… #LegoLife @LEGO_Group I blame you

Doctors beware - You may hate retirement.

@AmmarNasirMD @BKRBusinessMin I suspect the heads of the airlines knew better their chance of survival than Congress or we do but the anti-competitive angle the government took IMO is absurd given the state of so many industries these days.

@pgipe @BKRBusinessMin I can’t completely disagree with this. However, spirit had massive debt. And so does JetBlue. Not merging saved JetBlue from adding more debt and possibly losing 2 airlines instead of 1. It’s a net anticompetitive result either way though.

Here's the deal on JetBlue and Spirit. Both were struggling both were somewhat budget airlines, the FTC and anti merger zealots framed it as a step towards monopoly and anti competitive. And anti big business Now Spirit is broke more people will lose jobs and to the point of it all the remaining airlines will have less price competition. And be able to raise prices.

@shycollie Interesting. Guess we got some real go-getters around here lol

@pgipe Your experience doesn’t coincide with the facts

We feminized the profession, turned it over to a bunch of entitled housewives who want to work their patient responsibilities in between Pilates and hair appointments. It was a thousand times better when men ran things

@BKRBusinessMin I’ve yet to figure it out myself.

When someone has 4500 posts and 100 followers, does that mean they are a bot. Trying to understand.

1-2% of grads gets get a full athletic scholarship. Let them enjoy their childhood.

@SuzanneBos43679 @Familyman6_ @drterrysimpson Not much seem to it really

@Familyman6_ @drterrysimpson You seem stupid! 🤦🤦🤦🤦

No cancer has not exploded. Cancer in people under 50 has been rising since the 1990s—decades before COVID vaccines existed. Tumors don’t develop population-wide in 12–24 months from a new exposure.

@ScottStockers @Truth_in_Number @MichaelAlbertMD Holy shit man. How hard are these variables to understand for you? This level of stupidity or trolling isn’t worth more spoon feeding. Gotta mute this.

@pgipe @Truth_in_Number @MichaelAlbertMD Voter turnout has increased in every presidential election since 2012.

Obviously, this is a dumb thing to say. This is not statistically possible. Even things that actually cause death don't cause it at that rate. I'm assuming this garbage is for people who view vaccines as political rather than a scientific conversation.

@Truth_in_Number @ScottStockers @MichaelAlbertMD Imagine voter turnout varying year to year.

@ScottStockers @pgipe @MichaelAlbertMD You're making the assumption that the only voters were Democrats or Republicans. The majority voters in the US are independent.