One of the most recent trends in the post COVID era is the mass importation of doctors who were never credentialed or took residency in the US. This is so prevalent now that as of July 2025, 17 states (mostly red states including Florida and Texas) have passed legislation requiring no residency or medical schooling for foreign doctors to practice in the US, 3 (Wa, Cal, NY) have limited licensing pending full, 7 have pending legislation for full, legislation has failed in 8 states.
This is constantly swept under the rug as health outcomes are getting worse and congress still refuses to tell the AMA to go fuck themselves and increase US trained doctors while eliminating DEI admits. It’s now going to be cheaper for an American to go to medical school and do residency overseas then come back to the US.
If you think the socialized Medicaid/care and pharmaceutical industry is corrupt now, wait until 500k more jeet doctors are imported.
While I don't want Pajeets as doctors, "US medical standards" are absolutely garbage anyway. Thailand medical and dental facilities are a million times better and cheaper. I won't go anywhere else.
I can’t tell if you’re joking, I also have issues with the US system but that doesn’t mean I’d trust Thailand more
Not joking. The Thai government built an entire facility just for medical tourism with their best and brightest. You can see a specialist of anything you want without having to book months in advance. My wife got corrective eye surgery there and it was life changing.
Dentists are incredible as well, and I might add that when you have someone working on your mouth the diminutive hands of a Thai are much better than having some ham beast cramming their sausage fingers in your mouth.
Additionally most antibiotics are over the counter at pharmacies, and you can even get western brands if you like.
I have many stories of getting ripped off by European and US doctors only to have the Thai doctor sort it out for much less.
thailand average iq 88, good luck!
The mean is meaningless when actual merit based systems ensure only the best make it.
The average only matters if you are in the US system where they grab random browns.
Exactly. India is notorious for faking credentials, but doctors from Australia or Europe and many other places aren't inferior to American doctors.
But also I don't know why anyone would immigrate to America now... LOL.
Agreed. I don't need an AMA cartel to have year-by-year economic based admission standards rather than merit based to decide who can proscribe antibiotics for pinkeye, when you could just get it from the animal feed store if you didn't mind breaking federal law by doing so.
How does one get those medications from the animal feed store? Pretend to have a horse or something?
Place it on the counter and let them ring you up. At least that is how it used to be.
Says on the box that it is not for human consumption and is illegal to consume.
Most used to be on amazon too, probably still is, pretty sure that is where people get ivermectin and crap like that. Amazon vendors have a sketch record for drugs though, even for a horse I would go brick and mortar.
Add in Amazon vendor product commingling.
Agreed. American doctors suck too. Not entirely their fault with all the rules and regulations basically making them insurance monkeys, but I think that’s the bigger issue than the jeets. Still don’t want the jeets though. Rather have things be deregulated. The average person now is about as competent as a doctor for most minor things after a quick search. Sometimes better. I have an unlimited number of bad doctor stories.
You used to be able to vote with your wallet when selecting healthcare.
Then insurance and private equity moved in and reduced choices across the board or made them so expensive to go "out of network" that you'd never even dare. They've been in love with this idea since Kaiser Permanente came into existence.
So there are effectively "no standards" as there are "no choices." If there were choices then you would actually get to see the absurdly high standards that American Healthcare sets for itself.
As for Thailand they still have choice. For now. You can see the wheels turning inside that kingdom as well. It's only a matter of time. The people with the money see us all as cattle and now that they have the technology to "control" us they're going to move in and bleed us all dry.
Enjoy it while it lasts wherever you are.