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To: Son House
60 billion over ten years is no where near enough to fund the health care of even the uninsured let alone any one else. This is the opening salvo of many more tax bills to come. I'm convinced that you will not hear any complaining from the sheep until Zero finally has to reach into their pockets after he fleeces whatever he can from every one else. I'm 46 years old and I have never in my lifetime seen a presidency start off so ominously.
2 posted on 05/10/2009 5:09:00 AM PDT by RU88
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To: RU88
Tuition alone at private medical schools is ~$40,000/yr, with some schools much higher than that. So, $160,000 for tuition alone for four years of medical school. Fees, living expenses etc. during that time add easily another $80,000 - $100,000 over the four years, and it's very difficult to work or earn much during that period because of the demands of the training. This, after four years of undergraduate university training that could easily have cost $100,000 or more. With interest on loans, etc., it is very easy to owe 100s of thousands of dollars when you graduate from medical school, at say 26-30 years of age if you take the quick route.

So, then you start residency training, during which you often work 80+ hours per week (used to be worse) and make a starting salary in the $35,000 - $45,000 range, and your loans are coming due. The shortest residencies are 3 years, and many go on for five years. Then, if you sub-specialize, you do a fellowship, also for relatively low pay for an additional three to seven years. After that you can go out and start practicing.

If you go private you will be the low man/woman on the totem pole and thus make significantly less than others in the group, and often be saddled with extra holiday and weekend call. The bottom line is that it's not going to make sense to people to go through that if at the end of the day the government decides what you can earn, and if you can earn as much or more doing other things that require less years of training and time commitment.

5 posted on 05/10/2009 5:32:43 AM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: RU88
Government health care reform

RATIONING and taxing

Cap and trade

Taxing and RATIONING

See the difference?

18 posted on 05/12/2009 9:42:26 AM PDT by Tarpon (You abolish your responsibilities, you surrender your rights.)
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