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.
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.