Definitely agree they are more focused on quantity than quality.
After leaving Kaiser, we found a good doctor who was new, so she had a lot of time to spend with her patients. She was so good, that demand for her surged, and it now takes 1-3 months just to get an appointment with her. If we see any of the other doctors in her practice, they are the epitome of low-grade, “counldn’t care less” doctors. They wouldn’t recognize you five minutes after seeing you, they just look right through you. Yes, with the never-ending prescriptions rather than taking the time to find out what’s really going on.
We are still on a quest to find a really good doctor (any recommendations in the Encinitas area?), and we’ve started seeing “alternative health providers” (accupuncture, herbalists, etc.). Not cheap, but at least it seems they are trying to optimize your health and fix the causes of problems rather than masking the symptoms.
