You know, these CEO’s can’t ever seem to have a mindset where they want to help/respect the medical staff that they already have: also they double down because of their ego and then surprise pikachu face when they lose almost all the staff. Then hire temps and spend twice as much money. Idiots. Sad thing is, the medical staff are not asking for ridiculous demands like a spa to be built for their luxurious wait lounge with a catering service. They JUST want SAFE working conditions! Basic minimum…

Do you guys have unions? I think you guys need unions

Locums in our country : you get abused, only 2days sick leave per year if they renew you for the year, it’s usually in 1-3 month contracts and they keep telling you hey if you don’t perform you cud not be renewed. No vacation time. This lasted for 2 years until ppl started complaining about this evil contract and they hospital finally gave us a 1 year contract. We were not holding places for anyone, the hospital needed staff but didn’t want to give a proper contract with benefits. #awful I had a friend they employed for 2 weeks and he wasn’t renewed, he wasn’t a bad dr, they just hate jrs at our hospital 🫤

@@kittycat1004 that’s awful. Glad it got better and hopeful it keeps going that way!

That’s what I wondered as well -love her youtube channel!

Exactly

"History of the Traveling Locums!"😉

LOL!

Similar idea!

I looked it up- yes. NPs and PAs can do it too!

@@alicial1239 Awesome, thank you!!

Yes! The only nuance is that PAs/NPs need a year or two of experience out of training before they can take locum tenens jobs.

Same thing as the usual- it's basically a physician staffing service. No benefits for patients other than having a doctor to see. They'll still collect at the window. Even rural areas sometimes have medical clinics- call your local United Way and ask if there are services providing no cost or low cost medical services in your area.

@@a.humanbeing8171 Thank you so much for the information. I appreciate it. :)

@@melanin_monroe1897 hasn't NY expanded Medicaid? In Michigan, my son gets medical transportation to a University that's 2 hours away- and the driver waits for him to be finished and takes him home (and swings by one pharmacy if he needs it). My brother has the same thing- he has at least one or two medical appointments in town every week and one or two to a University medical system 2.5 hours away. All covered by Medicaid. As far as eliquis, have you tried a patient assistance program? I've gotten $1500 medications with no copay. Usually the patience assistance programs won't help if you're on a government funded insurance like Medicaid or Medicare, though. Whatever doctor prescribed it for you should have information. If it was a hospital, contact the social work department- connecting patients with resources is literally their jobs. Should all those things fail, there are many alternatives to eliquis. They may not work for you or you may have issues with side effects or something, but if a doctor prescribes you something that you cannot afford or get through some program, he or she needs to find you something else. Docs have favorites, but this is an issue they deal with every day. It's actually very surprising what is available. I used to manage an information and referral service in a United Way. Unless the client had used absolutely everyone already or had a pretty unique need, we usually managed to find them some help. Or if they needed money after all the agencies had run through their budgets for the month- that was tough, but many churches stepped in and helped out. (The client didn't need to belong to the church to receive help, but it certainly doesn't hurt.) Don't give up- there's always a way. I have worked very hard to receive medical care- I had some medical issues before I had Covid in March 2020, but afterwards- whew! I am fortunate to have good medical insurance, but only if I stay in network. When I needed medical care from a University based medical system and received thousands of dollars in bills, I learned that their patient assistance program is absolutely phenomenal, but they don't exactly advertise it. Ask, ask, ask. If you call and get someone who doesn't seem to know much or who doesn't seem to care, call back- I can't tell you how many times the next person is incredibly helpful! It's very hard work being sick. There are a lot of people who can help you out, but you have to talk to them! My son hates talking to people, but I tell him that there's a very good chance that the information they need is sitting in someone's head right now! He's started asking more questions and is surprised by how well it works, lol.

@@a.humanbeing8171 They have however it’s been a complete mess. There’s some people trying to help me but navigating the system is horrible. I used to be on Coumadin but I started bleeding out which is why I was changed to eliqus. Those coupons are only good for people who are starting ani-coagulation therapy not for those already on it. I have other medications that I take as well but I need to be followed by someone. I hate going to the er but it’s literally the only way I can get the help I need. In any event I’ll figure it out, I always do. But I definitely appreciate your suggestions.

It is somewhat. You have to take in account the size of the country when thinking about it. Not only is it big but the population is very spread out so doing this requires moving. In the United States it is hard to get long leases that you're not locked into for yearly periods. Hotels work for a few weeks but no one wants to do them for 9 months. Most of America is set up for the ideal of having a house with a yard and any infrastructure outside of that ideal is often not well set up.

I think it might depend on where you live? I’m not in the medical field, but in the part of the country I live in there’s a LOT of locum doctors because we’re chronically short on doctors of all types. But the city I grew up in there aren’t any locums because it’s a major city with a couple medical schools so there’s lots of doctors, residents, and med students there. Patients from hundreds of miles away have to travel to that city for relatively routine procedures or to see specialists. So living there I’d never heard of a locum, but once I moved to this town I was quickly introduced to the term. If someone has only lived in big cities like that one, I could see them not knowing the word.

@@Annie_Annie__ I live in a big Canadian city. I don't _think_ that would make any difference in my general vocabulary. I suspect that it's just a matter of my suspension of disbelief getting in the way of the message of this PSA/advert.

What should be illegal?

It says "Includes paid promotion" on the bottom left, hard to spot but it's there

Correct

Not my favorite content but this perfectly acceptable to me because it is clearly marked and I know what to expect.

I was as acceptable as possible for a paid sponser

Without this ad, I wouldn't have known this existed. So, as a med student, I appreciate this ad. Especially love the out of country positions. Would love to live outside the US again for a little while.

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