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The same as someone living under the poverty line? No, I don't. But that is by far the tiniest part of the reason I feel they should be replaced.
So if a person living under the poverty line loses a finger, they will feel more physical pain when it gets lopped off than if it happened to a doctor?
Can you describe the physical mechanism here please?
The poor is going to get to wait in line at urgent care for 6 hours waiting to get it attended to and get sent home with asprin. You really think our medical system is equal among classes?
I think losing a finger hurts the same amount no matter how long you wait for it to get attended to afterward.
Also, that's not how ERs work. There's triage. Even if an uninsured person comes to an ER with an emergency like that, they will be seen quickly. I know, I've been in the ER three times in the past year for a lesser issue, I have insurance, and a prisoner from the federal prison got treated before I did because he had been stabbed. That's how ERs work. They don't base them on your bank balance.
A ranked class medical system has nothing to do with the literal ability to feel pain. You're acting like doctors somehow have different nervous systems from the rest of humanity.
Also, based on your rationale, are doctors who work at free clinics able to feel physical pain?