“An acquaintance is a doctor. The sister married a doctor who doesn’t practice anymore. He’s in administration. A couple of years ago they came to Atlanta, bought a multi-million dollar house in Buckhead then dropped about high 6 figures or more in renovations. Hear a story like that and it’s no wonder there are unexplained charges on a bill.”
I think some people need to go through the process it takes to become a doctor. My uncle, deceased, was a doctor as was his father before him. Go through years of schooling, then more years of internship, and all the monetary outlays you have to make to achieve your career goal. And then finally get to the point where you can truly start your practice which usually begins around the age of 30. How many people do you know that don’t really get to truly ply their trade until they are around 30 years of age?
Then deal with all of the gov’t regulations about what you can and can’t do, and try to dodge the litigation bullets that pop up that can destroy your career. My uncle got sued for a mistake made by a nurse and it almost ruined him even though insurance paid for the suit, but psychologically it really hurt him. And most all of the doctors who pursue their career is because they love the profession and want to be able to patch people up, help their fellow man. Like police, military, firemen, their mindset is service oriented.
Don’t be jealous of them; they earn their keep for the most part. All the startup costs are huge too, with staff and equipment. In our high tech age, just the equipment is a huge expense and is necessary for proper diagnosis. In the olden days who too many people want to harken back to, people died young because they didn’t have today’s modern medicine and technology to save their lives. Or the money out-of-pocket to pay for it, or left with huge bills or end up on welfare.
The unscrupulous Docs usually get found out; there are bad seeds in any profession. But for the most part, their intentions are altruistic, and I don’t begrudge them the money they make after starting their careers so late in life. Try doing without them. You could always go to a witch doctor, lol.
Not a jealous bone in my body. My hats off to anyone that wants to go into the field. Especially now.
My beef, something you squarely cannot see, is the fact that is isn’t healthcare anymore and folks(doctors, surgeons, nurses, etc) getting paid their worth. A world renowned heart surgeon getting paid...BRAVO. That person is saving lives and deserves whatever he/she gets.
However, when multiple layers of bureaucracy have been installed and when each layer needs to be paid and each layer getting further and further away from the actual practice of medicine and helping people. Almost like a pyramid scheme.
COVID is a prime example. More or less, the rest of the world is treating it with about $3 worth of drugs that have been around, with no issues, for decades. Not here in America, though. Here in America we’re gonna slam you on a machine and bill the federal government, aka the taxpayer, tens of thousands of dollars for your treatment, whether you live or die. Here in America we’re going to admit as many people as we can into the hospital, complain that it’s overcrowded, start firing all our staff because they won’t get a shot that wasn’t available last year when this crap hit and everyone seemed to make it, and still bill 10s of thousands of taxpayer dollars.
Feel free to watch the whole thing.....but if you want to skip to just one part, fast forward to the 2:59 second mark and listen to what they guy has to say.
https://reason.com/video/2012/11/15/the-obamacare-revolt-oklahoma-doctors-fi/
So again, my beef isn’t with a doctor getting paid.
My beef is the layers of bureaucracy that make people rich at the expense of the consumer/patient. When you think about it, it’s no different than our bloated federal government and one not need to look any further than the US Dept of State. How many Deputy Secretaries, Assistant to the Deputy Secretary, Under Secretaries, Assistant to the Deputy Under Secretary, etc etc etc, and associated staff for each, does the US need in an embassy in Switzerland and in an age where there is instant communication, any where, any time on the planet.