NY’s government pays lawyers $200 per hour

Disgusting. However, I blame our pathetic medical socitey as much as the government.

Comrade Underpaid in Upstate New York

Two reasons:

1. Lawyers are politically savvy, organized, and run the government.

2. Competent legal representation has been construed as a constitutional right. Medical care, competent or otherwise, is not.

How true. Lawyers understand how to maintain the value of their labor in the marketplace while doctors undermine theirs.