Thanks for posting.
“Q. Why is the physician suicide rate now the highest among individuals with > 4 years college. At current growth rates, soon 1/10000 doctors will kill themselves every year, a phenomenal number. A. See above, then add debt and disillusionment. Consider this one of the fruits of delivering a subtle, subjective service such as healthcare through an assembly-line industrial model focused on making a buck. The line workers and their training are mismatched to the task. Force petroleum wild-catters to sell Mary Kay and you’ll get the same thing.”
A couple of doctors that I was acquainted with have described to me in detail how expensive it is to get a medical degree, especially if you decided in high school that’s what you wanted to do. You pretty much HAVE to go into practice, or work for someone, a hospital or clinic, right away after college to have some ghost of a chance of paying off your college loan. If you go into practice, or work as a doctor anywhere, you have to carry malpractice insurance. It’s the law!
If you work with insurance companies, you will find that you have to hire office staff JUST to keep up with all the paperwork and changing insurance rules and regulations.
The nature of a doctor’s work often requires him/her to have to live in a high-security neighborhood or building. And doctors have to attend lots and lots of meetings where they aren’t doing anything useful; they have to have “continuing education” in order to keep their insurance premiums low and their medical licenses secure.
I know 0bamacare forced a lot of conscientious providers out of business.
Anyway, great info! Thank you again!
There is one doctor in your town who does this. He’s got a wait-list. What happens though if you have to have an operation or emergency care?