China's 'Barefoot' Doctors | Inside China

[@Dan.50]

Take it from an American, NEVER "privatize."

[@veronicaancrum4871]

I definitely agree and we shouldn’t privatize anything.

[@frederiquecouture3924]

🎉

[@wty0217]

my worry is whether being private will make medicare too expensive and end up like US which is insanely expensive.

[@frederiquecouture3924]

Rien à ajouter.

[@oliviaandrade8350]

Oh my god I live in China and can I just say it is way more urban than that

[@sarahmerrill3134]

Thank you for the video, I am shocked to find that the most populated country has such horrible health care available, but they do have the barefoot dr and I would trade all of my ten plus specialist dr.s for one like her.. I have a lot of rare issues and after 25+ years of dealing with us medical treatment I am grateful for what I have but very much more aware of the reality of professional medicine.

[@rmwtsou]

Medical education in the U.S. should be trimmed to 2 years: 1 year of basic medicine and 1 year or bed-side manners. Abolish all post-graduate specialty training and bring back Dr. Marcus Welby!

[@SH-uv5kv]

@@rmwtsou those doctors will get wiped out by insassant lawsuits. Much of doctors' training in the United States is anti-lawsuit training. They have to know extremely rare diseases just in case a lawsuit might arise.

[@frederiquecouture3924]

2024.

[@rmwtsou]

Who says they have to be barefeet? How expensive are shoes -- and for that matter white coats, stethoscopes and diplomas that says "Doctor"? Being barefeet surely do not inspire patient confidence and patient confidence is 90% of the cure already. This is the solution to runaway medical cost in the U.S. -- doctor control. Barefoot doctors only write inexpensive antibiotics. They do not order expensive tests or perform expensive procedures. Sure, the average life expectancy of U.S. will probably go down a couple of years, but just think of all the money we could save.