Comments on: Physician salaries http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/08/physician-salaries.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/08/physician-salaries.html#comment-79009 Anonymous Tue, 14 Aug 2007 23:07:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/08/physician-salaries.html#comment-79009 "soaking the patient populace"????<br/><br/>I charge a lower hourly rate than my accountant and my lawyer, have higher practice costs, and went to school twice as long. How is that soaking?? I think it is a bargin for my patients. <br/><br/>In fact, it is about the same hourly rate as I paid a tradesman to come to my house this weekend. “soaking the patient populace”????

I charge a lower hourly rate than my accountant and my lawyer, have higher practice costs, and went to school twice as long. How is that soaking?? I think it is a bargin for my patients.

In fact, it is about the same hourly rate as I paid a tradesman to come to my house this weekend.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/08/physician-salaries.html#comment-78960 Anonymous Tue, 14 Aug 2007 02:46:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/08/physician-salaries.html#comment-78960 Think upon the exact terminology used. "Training costs.." It will come to you if you think hard enough. Think upon the exact terminology used. “Training costs..” It will come to you if you think hard enough.

]]> By: Mikehttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/08/physician-salaries.html#comment-78954 Mike Tue, 14 Aug 2007 01:28:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/08/physician-salaries.html#comment-78954 The cultures are vastly different. Obviously, Europeans and Americasn both want qualiy healthcare, but Americasn are much more demanding, as in "I want it now!" and "I want the best". Does anyone think the public will tolerate scenarios where they must wait in line to get the chemotherapy they need? Or the MRI that might help diagnose them? I'm sure if we just remind them that all the poor and underinsured/uninsured are being covered by the system, they will smile and say "Oh then, its worth the long waits"? does that sound like typical American thinking?<br/><br/>"BTW, half of the medical training costs are already subsidized domestically"<br/><br/>Ummm, I'm sorry. Just which parts of my education were subsizdized? Cause I would love to get that money back from Citibank Student Loan Corp that I'm owed. The cultures are vastly different. Obviously, Europeans and Americasn both want qualiy healthcare, but Americasn are much more demanding, as in “I want it now!” and “I want the best”. Does anyone think the public will tolerate scenarios where they must wait in line to get the chemotherapy they need? Or the MRI that might help diagnose them? I’m sure if we just remind them that all the poor and underinsured/uninsured are being covered by the system, they will smile and say “Oh then, its worth the long waits”? does that sound like typical American thinking?

“BTW, half of the medical training costs are already subsidized domestically”

Ummm, I’m sorry. Just which parts of my education were subsizdized? Cause I would love to get that money back from Citibank Student Loan Corp that I’m owed.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/08/physician-salaries.html#comment-78938 Anonymous Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:01:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/08/physician-salaries.html#comment-78938 Cultural context? Would the American allopathic community trade its semi-autonomy and potential pay scale for what the European allopathic community has in terms of government control? I doubt it (even with all of the whining and crying and teeth gnashing that we see). Instead what the providers want is the American system when it comes to soaking the patient populace but the perks of the European system when it comes to cost of education (BTW, half of the medical training costs are already subsidized domestically), work hours and liability. You only get to pick one and if most providers want the potential for the big bucks through specialties then you get the rest of the American system as well. Cultural context? Would the American allopathic community trade its semi-autonomy and potential pay scale for what the European allopathic community has in terms of government control? I doubt it (even with all of the whining and crying and teeth gnashing that we see). Instead what the providers want is the American system when it comes to soaking the patient populace but the perks of the European system when it comes to cost of education (BTW, half of the medical training costs are already subsidized domestically), work hours and liability. You only get to pick one and if most providers want the potential for the big bucks through specialties then you get the rest of the American system as well.

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