Tuesday Apr 02, 2024

114. The Medical System is Failing You

“Our medical system, here in the United States, is failing you, and failing me and failing us.” says Dr. Andrew Fix. Doctors’ appointments last less than ten minutes and patients leave feeling neglected and unheard. If specialists are able to offer any solutions to patients’ problems, they are often impractical and do not address root causes. Insurance companies do everything they can to deny coverage, leaving patients to seek alternative and preventative solutions.

On today’s episode of The Code, Dr. Fix shares stories of two women in his life who each sought treatment from traditional doctors. Learn the baffling advice his mother received from doctors about a persistent ringing in her ear, and the unlikely route she took to discover the source of the issue. Hear the story of a woman who was told by numerous doctors that they were unable—or unwilling—to help her with digestive issues and what Dr. Fix and his colleagues at the Physio Room did to help.

With so many obstacles built into the healthcare system, clients need to be strong self-advocates. Dr. Fix reveals what approach they need to take to get the help they need, and what providers can do to make their interactions with clients more positive and productive.

Quotes

• “If you have a real life threatening concern, condition, injury, this is probably the place you want to be. If you need to get rushed into surgery, if you have cancer, or a heart condition and require open-heart surgery— this is probably the place where you want to be because we have the ability to treat things really, really well when they’re present.” (3:57 | Dr. Andrew Fix)

• “When you go see an orthopedic or a physical therapist and say, ‘It hurts when I reach up; it hurts when I do this with my shoulder,’ and their solution to you is, ‘Well, don’t do that thing,’ which we all know is not a solution. That’s just avoiding the issue.” (6:22 | Dr. Andrew Fix)

• “Unfortunately, our traditional medical system is just not set up to do that, to be able to have the providers have the amount of time necessary to listen and not be interrupted and just literally, truly listen to the clients, and have the amount of time necessary to do so, and really hear what they’re saying and digest it and respond with some helpful recommendations.” (13:17 | Dr. Andrew Fix)

• “There are so many restrictions placed on providers and on the medical facilities by the third party payers — AKA the health insurance companies — who are just trying to deny, deny deny.” (15:43 | Dr. Andrew Fix)

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