Doctors can definitely still be incompetent at times. My mother's cancer this year had originally thought to have been pancreatic, but it turned out to be lymphoma, which was mercifully treatable. My main issue with the healthcare system is the near-total lack of communication and coordination among different kinds of doctors, since I have a clusterfuck of mental and physical conditions that necessitate I see several, and I'm on a cocktail of different kinds of medications as a result. I've been keeping track of potential drug interactions of drugs.com as well in case some of my meds have any kind of interactions.