Dr. Joshua John-Ram Schacter says orthopedic surgery is a major revenue driver for hospitals. Many surgeons are now employed directly by hospital systems that financially incentivize more procedures, creating pressure to recommend surgery over conservative treatment.
Why do you think doctors are jumping to surgery? Is it similar to like antibiotics where they're just like, oh, just, I'll just, I'll just prescribe antibiotic, you know? Is it, is it, is it lack of, is it just the system doesn't want to take time to really like naturally support the person? Or, or, or why do you think this is happening?
Well, we're seeing more and more, I mean, first of all, orthopedic surgery is one of the biggest drivers. It's one of the biggest money makers in a hospital system. Ah, bing, right? So, and more and more surgeons nowadays are employed by hospital systems. And I'm sorry, brothers, you're, you're working for, you're, you're working for an evil empire in a lot of cases. Some of you may be very happy. Um, and so when you're employed in a situation where your, your specialty is a big cash cow, then there's definitely a push for you to do more surgery in the organization.
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