I so disagree with your statement that doctors only care about the money ... even saying "most" is offensive to those who have spent 12-16 years AFTER college training, studying, practicing, staying up for days at a time.

Re cataracts, here's a snippet from AI:
"Specific Age Groups:
40-49 years: 2.51%
65-74 years: 25%
75-84 years: 50%
85+ years: 90% "

I guess my husband and I have been pretty lucky with the doctors we’ve had.

I’ve occasionally stopped going to a doctor that I didn’t like, but for the most part, I haven’t been harmed and they haven’t seemed motivated by money above all else.

I also had laser surgery for acute angles. My doctor was fantastic. Very caring, very competent, and I’ve never had a problem with the holes he lasered into my eyes. Occasionally, I’ll see a starry glare, like with headlights, or streetlights, but it’s not too disruptive.

We’ve been going to the same GP almost our entire married life. He has become a personal friend. For years, he treated our family for “free”. My husband bartered computer help for our healthcare. Just recently, in casual conversation, he noticed a dark spot on my husband’s face and told him he needs to get it checked out. It turned out to be a skin cancer that the dermatologist didn’t even catch.

My husband has prostate cancer in his family, and has had trouble with that, although not cancer yet. But he went to a urologist for years trying to manage an enlarged prostate. That doctor did not steer him wrong. And when my husband went a long time without seeing him once, when he finally did go to an appt., the doc asked why it had been so long. My husband told him that we were having some legal and financial trouble and he couldn’t afford it. The doctor said, “don’t ever do that again. If you can’t pay, I won’t charge you.”

I have had a couple of bad experiences with doctors and, in general, I don’t just take what they say at face value. I do my own research and I don’t do everything the docs recommend. But I wouldn’t say they are all in it for only money.