OK, this is a controversial headline, but it’s true – to some extent and in regards to certain things. We are not speaking of the medical profession obviosuly but from all these things that you, as a human being in the civilized world are surrounded with. In med school and as a physician you are acting in a walled and exclusive garden. Why “exclusive” and “walled” you might ask, but let us explain this. Do you think the average physician has any clue how the healthcare system really works? In our experience they don’t. Neither in med school, nor in residency you learn how the system is set up. How is the price of a drug being calculated? Who owns the hospital you are working at? Who pays your bills? Obviously there are harsh differences between the US (private) and Europe (public) in terms of these questions but that doesn’t matter for this post. The argument we are posing referrs to the individual, not to the system. The question is, do YOU know anything about the system you are working in? But let’s take a step back. Have you ever learned anything about the economic and legal basics of life […]