re: #260 sattv4u2

re: #238 SixDegrees

Americans may “trust” one group and not the other,

we ‘trust” our doctor(s) because basically we have (want) too. We rely on them to tell us what we do and do not need medically, and they are a face, someone we can actually see, whereas the insurance company at best is a voice on a phone after going through a prompt menu (hit 1 for ,,, 2 for ,,, 3 for ,,,) and a long hold. Other than that, the insurance company is a faceless entity we either send a check to each month or it’s a deduction out of our paycheck.

That, and when you ask someone “Do you trust your doctor?” they immediately leap to whether they trust based on medical expertise, which is a reasonable thing to expect of a doctor. As you say, there’s no face to an insurance company, either.