My daughter is a med student and mentioned this article to me. She has informed her father and me that she is seriously rethinking a medical career. She is a Spanish major and already a CNA, LPT, and knows medical transcription. Her dream of becoming a cardiac surgeon is about to be dashed - she’s wanted this since she was 13 yo. She and my mom were born with the same heart condition and she wanted to help others.
I hope the lovers of socialism, ‘free stuff’, and getting the rich enjoy the third world healthcare they seek. These &*(!@#$^&^%^ can’t see past their own laziness and greed.
I’m mad as hell that her dream is could be crushed. She’s worked and sacrificed more than people twice her age.
When she and others are willing to discipline themselves and invest the time and energy to want to put their dreams in motion, they earn the right to the rewards (no matter the profession). And they shouldn’t feel guilty about it or be penalized by government intervention!
It is the only “honorable” profession where I would dissuade verbally and refuse to financially support my child.
I don’t think a cardiac surgeon will ever be treated quite as lowly as a Family doc. The listening and thinking specialties — Women’s health, geriatrics, pediatrics, psychiatrists and those of us who do it all as Family Physicians — will be discounted, but the super-sub-specialists will be much more likely at least be paid at the top of the scale.
On the other hand - you may not want her to hang out with the cardiovascular surgeons - by the time they win a fellowship, most of them become mean. Some even out later, thank goodness.