Exactly. We went to a dermatologist in TV for an initial visit. The Dr. highly recommended a dry skin lotion that he sells in the office for around $54. That just seems well, unseemly.
My husband's primary physician pushes some kind of niacin that he sells for many $$ that you can buy elsewhere OTC a lot cheaper.
It's kind of like when banks started selling investments. I always thought they should just offer C.D.s and maybe trust services, not try to sell annuities and other investment vehicles. But, of course, banks now buy brokers, i.e., Bank of America/Merrill Lynch.
I think the whole thing started downhill when doctors and lawyers started advertising.
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