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uppityperson

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19. Run up huge debt in school, make barely enough to make ends meet is what you demand?

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 09:51 PM

Dec 2012

Yeah, that'll really encourage people to be doctors. Hundreds of thousands of debt, huge responsibilities and not much income "for servie to the country".

For the rest of what you claim, pshaw.

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Would it be so bad if we dropped medicare doc reimbursements by 27% [View all] dkf Dec 2012 OP

There are some doctors that won't take Medicare patients already n/t doc03 Dec 2012 #1

Put them on a list. Shame them into it. dkf Dec 2012 #3

Why shouldn't we expect more from our government? Every other civilized country has universal valerief Dec 2012 #5

I'm fine with that too. dkf Dec 2012 #6

Shame doctors into taking less in than they pay out in expenses? You are something. uppityperson Dec 2012 #10

There are a lot more that treat existing Medicare patients, but won't take new ones Major Nikon Dec 2012 #36

Yes, it would be because they don't pay enough as it is. Cut the bloated defense budget instead. uppityperson Dec 2012 #2

US doctor salaries greatly exceed that of other countries. dkf Dec 2012 #4

There are too few internists and family practitioners as it is. pnwmom Dec 2012 #7

That is due to the AMA restrictions. dkf Dec 2012 #9

Fewer docs are going into FP because of AMA restrictions and not because they work long hrs and uppityperson Dec 2012 #11

AMA is a trade association RantinRavin Dec 2012 #15

No but they influence the number of residency programs that caps the number of doctors. dkf Dec 2012 #25

Wrong. The AMA is NOT preventing more doctors pnwmom Dec 2012 #24

Phil Ochs - The AMA song (lyrics only) DreamGypsy Dec 2012 #29

Having worked in clinics and seeing how little medicare reimburses, that is a problem uppityperson Dec 2012 #8

Why isn't this considered a service to the country? dkf Dec 2012 #16

Run up huge debt in school, make barely enough to make ends meet is what you demand? uppityperson Dec 2012 #19

My best friend is a family doctor and you would be shocked how little she nets MotherPetrie Dec 2012 #28

You are living in a fantasy world Yo_Mama Dec 2012 #33

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +1 Major Nikon Dec 2012 #37

How much is "not much"? dkf Dec 2012 #39

In solo practice, often between 50K & 75K Yo_Mama Dec 2012 #43

A chest X-Ray has no cost other than the attendent and some electricity banned from Kos Dec 2012 #41

There's the film Yo_Mama Dec 2012 #42

Here's a little tip for you: Nobody works for free n/t taught_me_patience Dec 2012 #34

Ask one he will tell you it's hard to make your mortgage payments on your doc03 Dec 2012 #12

Most FP docs I know have none of that. You are talking specialists. uppityperson Dec 2012 #20

Their expenses greatly exceed that of other countries. former9thward Dec 2012 #14

I'm in Hawaii where I understand doctor and dentist reimbursements are significantly lower than the dkf Dec 2012 #17

Just cut it to zero then, dfk. What difference does it make, right? TheKentuckian Dec 2012 #13

You love raising their taxes but won't cut their reimbursements. dkf Dec 2012 #18

Cut the bloated defense budget instead. A fraction of it would solve the problems. Why do you ignore uppityperson Dec 2012 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Dec 2012 #30

Taxes are offset by expenditure, see. First, they pay expenses THEN if they have income TheKentuckian Dec 2012 #31

My doc is already going to drop us when we get on Medicare Hekate Dec 2012 #22

Medicare already provides fixed reimbursements for hospital charges Yo_Mama Dec 2012 #38

My family MD fadedrose Dec 2012 #23

I'm too old that it would do me any good... fadedrose Dec 2012 #26

Yes. Let's pit working class people against each other leftstreet Dec 2012 #27

Yes, because fake insurance is a scam on the elderly Yo_Mama Dec 2012 #32

Further data Yo_Mama Dec 2012 #35

I see this as a part of the RW long-term planning HeiressofBickworth Dec 2012 #40