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Originally Posted by GeorgeMD2B
Well that is just the way doctors deal with rising malpractice, falling insurance payments, all the other overhead that is increasing. Despite that doctor incomes in a country with socialized medicine called the United Kingdom is actually higher for PCPs at least, the average UK GP makes 200k a year, considering that the Greenback is going to tank further, probably more like 215K a year by the end of this year. If you hate it that bad move to a country with socialized medicine, of course you will pay a lot more taxes too.
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Don't get me wrong, I love what i do. What I get annoyed with is that people expect me to treat them over the phone. It seems simple enough, right? They call, tell me they have a sinus infection...they have already made the diagnosis, so my job is easy...why can't I just call in the antibiotics? It has nothing to do with rising malpractice, or decreasing reimbursements. It has to do with how I get paid. I get paid for seeing people. Do they do the "easy" parts of the their jobs for free? I doubt it. I could care less what a doc who is in a country where there is socialized medicine makes or does. That isn't me, and they aren't providing the quality of care we do in the US. There are far too many examples of that.
Gimme a call when you are in practice. Lemme know what you think. G