Eventually it's going to be cheap enough to drop by Tijuana for $5 MRI that even the cartel has to react.
Also, even within the US framework, there's pressure. A radiologist can rubberstamp 10x as many reports with AI-assistance. That doesn't eliminate radiology, but it eliminates 90% of the radiologists we're training.
>drop by Tijuana for $5 MRI that even the cartel has to react.
Not if its an emergency.
> but it eliminates 90% of the radiologists we're training.
Billing isnt going to change. Billing is a legal thing, not a supply/demand thing.
But yes, I fully plan to utilize travel medicine and potentially black market prescription drugs in my lifetime if there isnt meaningful reform for the middle/upper class.
Also, even within the US framework, there's pressure. A radiologist can rubberstamp 10x as many reports with AI-assistance. That doesn't eliminate radiology, but it eliminates 90% of the radiologists we're training.