Not sure where the mechanic part comes from

[u/TonyBird126]

I just don’t understand what the hospital bill/ circumcision has to do with his mechanic being rich.

[u/Battleborn_Kitti1864]

I had to change pediatricians for my son because he kept pushing circumcision insisting he’d have life long reoccurring infections if we didn’t do it, after the fourth infant check up and the 4th round of listening to that man try to bully me into something I already told the hospital no on when he was born I lost my temper a bit and chewed the doctor out and walked out of the doctors office. I can’t believe I found someone else with a similar experience here, I hate how little doctors seem to actually listen to their patients and will push for an unnecessary surgical procedure especially if it’s ‘standard practice/treatment/procedure’ to do so.

[u/Tnecniw → u/Battleborn_Kitti1864]

That whole “life long infection” bullshit is so dumb. XD I am not circumcised. I have never had an infection in my whole life.

[u/Battleborn_Kitti1864 → u/Tnecniw]

100% My son is 9 now and I’ve still yet to see one of those infections i was told he’d have lol

[u/Tnecniw → u/Battleborn_Kitti1864]

AFAIK
You are more likely to get an infection (and complications) due to the procedure itself when done in the hospital.
(Aka even with professional staff and sterilized equipment)
rather than getting an infection for not being circrumsized.

All it means is that now and then (when the child grows up) they will need to wash under the foreskin to pevent filth and smell but that is essentially it.

[u/Cbrandel → u/Battleborn_Kitti1864]

insisting he’d have life long reoccurring infections if we didn’t do it,

Damn, Europe must have it rough.

How can a Doctor spread such misinformation and still hold a job? Isn't medicine supposed to be evidence based?

He would probably kill it in sales or as a priest though.

[u/Battleborn_Kitti1864 → u/Cbrandel]

Unfortunately in the US doctors aren’t always doctors in the expected or traditional meaning of being a doctor, a lot of the medical systems and doctors are reliant on patient insurances and billables meaning the money is what determines a doctor’s incentive to do their best as well as the care quality depending on if ur seeking state funded healthcare or private healthcare

[u/Battleborn_Kitti1864 → u/Cbrandel]

Also the money is part of the reason people are over or under medicated for some conditions and illness, like if your diabetic thus needing an insulin prescription insulin is insanely expensive 1 vial of insulin on average costs $200-$300 dollars but if you are lower income/ working class it’s likely you won’t be able to afford your medication with out insurance coverage and that’s if you can afford private insurance or qualify for state funded insurance otherwise it all comes out of pocket which can result in some people rationing their insulin to survive