Re: Im in the wrong profession

Posted by KEB on April 08, 2006 at 16:56:57 from (207.94.26.1):

In Reply to: Im in the wrong profession posted by 37 chief on April 07, 2006 at 20:14:01:

Well, let's see here....

4 years in college taking difficult courses, 4 years in medical school taking even more difficult courses, 2 - 4 years as a resident working 60 hrs a week, now I'm 30 years old & have hundreds of thousands of $$ in student loans to pay off, and just maybe now I can start earning a living. You think I'm gonna do that if I can't look forward to a reward at the end. Yeh, Dr's really have it easy.

Add onto that the cost of maintaing an office, with staff, malpractice insurance, all the latest gadgets & gizmos so I don't get sued for not using the absolutely latest techniques, etc., etc., plus payments from mecicare that barely cover the overhead, let alone allow me to keep anything for myself.

Finally, consider this - when you see the Dr., you don't pay for the Dr's time on an hourly basis like you do for a tradesman. You pay for the Dr's skill and knowledge that he spent a minimum of 10 years acquiring, plus all the time he has to spend doing paperwork associated with your visit.

I'm not a Dr, I'm an Engineer, but I get tired of listening to people whine about professional people making good money. Believe it or not, we all put in our time & paid our dues to get where we are. Instead of going to work right out of high school, and being able to do a lot of fun things while I was young, I struggled to support myself through college so that I could someday have a better life. Admittedly, there are some college degrees that don't mean a whole lot, because there isn't a lot of demand for those skills, but you need to consider that when selecting a major.

I agree that health care in this country is a real problem, and I don't know quite how to fix it. Bashing Dr's isn't the solution. One place to start would be to reign in the lawyers, so that the medial profession isn't spending a fortune on malpractice insurance & settlements for frivilous lawsuits.

Sorry for the rant, its just that people are dumping their frustration on the wrong people.

Keith

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• Re: Im in the wrong profession jlmtractor 18:11:31 04/08/06 (0)
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