Medical Practice, aimed at making more income...

Such is more true in California than in any other place in the U.S.

They are least interested in their patient's well-being but more interested in filling up their pockets.

After having lived in California for about 15 years, I have come to this conclusion.

In other states, it may be a little better but not much.

Medical care has changed a lot since I left it.

Every American is supposed to have a primary care physician. 
It meant to be "my doctor". My doctor works only in day time

of week days though I get sick 24/7. Whenever I call my doctor's 

office, the machine answers and plays the recording"go to emergency 

room if it's an emergency". Even if it is a day time my doctor hardly 

comes to the phone. How the hell I know if it's an emergency. 
 

For years I did not have any choice but to go to ER if I wanted to be 

taken care of immediately because my doctor would not see me if I 

do not have an appointment. Consequently ER was overwhelmed by 

nonemergent patients and the cost of care became too expensive.

Nowadays urgent care facilities are propping up. I am not sure what 

the purpose of the primary care physician. It seems to me that all she or

he does is the management of chronic diseases. However it is interrupted 

during off hours by physicians in urgent care or ER doctors.

Health care meant to be "community care". There were community hospitals

and doctors for the people who live in the community. It is all gone. Hospitals

are part of nation wide chains and doctors belong to HMO's. If I call my doctor, 

someone who belong to HMO answers and then the phone call is directed to 

my doctor's office. Every time I have to wait for 10 to 15 minutes.

Small family owned farms could not survive and very few left. Most of farms 

are huge corporate farms. There are no mom and pop drug stores. Every drug 

store belong to nation wide chains. The bigger it is the more the profit is. 
The big corporations fool the public by saying "it cost less so it is cheaper".

The health care became the victim of the profit driven corporations, too.