Every time I go to the #doctor in #Denmark I’m always shocked at the difference between US #healthcare and EU healthcare in how stressed the doctor looks.
The last three times I went to a doctor in Chicago, every general practitioner I interacted with looked worked to death. Bags under their eyes, too busy to make eye contact with me. Just always typing on the computer and then leaving the room. Truly looked like the worst job on the planet.
Denmark I needed a doctors appointment. My primary doctors office is closed for training, so I got routed to another office. Same day appointment, go in and the doctor looks normal. We have 30 minutes, I use 20 of them, he doesn’t seem stressed or worried at all.
I pass by a group of doctors joking in a break room with some coffee and cake. It looks like a normal job. A lot is made of how bad the US system is for patients but you don’t realize how horrible it is for doctors until you see doctors allowed to be normal people.