I think most of us have the reasonable expectation that we can trust our doctor or doctors to be people that we can trust to tell us the truth and do or recommend what’s best for us and our health.
Polling information even backs that up. Of the five most trusted professions in America, a Gallup poll from November of 2024 shows that doctors come in at number five:
- Nurses
- Grade school teachers
- Military officers
- Pharmacists
- Medical doctors
Even though doctors still rank highly in the trust department, public confidence has been on the decline over the last five years (gee, I wonder why), to where America’s confidence in doctors has reached its lowest level since the mid-1990s.
Things like what recently happened with a Hoffman Estates, Illinois doctor certainly aren’t going to help.
The Doctor, Who Owned And Operated An OB/GYN Clinic In Hoffman Estates Pled Guilty To Scamming Medicaid And Private Insurance While Lying To Her Patients About Their Conditions…