I can almost believe that Third World countries get better care than North Americans get. Probably because when North American doctors do 'pro bono good deeds' in other countries there is a great deal of attendant publicity for them. I do not mean this to sound cynical. I actually think it reflects the way medical care has gone. The HMO was the worst thing to ever happen, in my opinion.
Some doctors still try to give good medical care.
Instead, he has to prescribe something in the same family as what I need. Well, I can tell you that the same family does not mean doodly squat. We all know people with siblings, in the same family, and sometimes those siblings are murderers while the rest are upright citizens. The same family drugs do NOT work for me. I had been through all of them before, and finally found one that did work.