“So how is he ever going to survive if he’s not raking in over $400K a year anymore? “
Sorry, but you’ve got it wrong. Some docs do make this much, some more. Most don’t. And, if you break it down into compensation per hour worked you’d be quite surprised.
Probably thinking of Comsmetic ‘plastic’ surgeons. They get the high fees for their breast lifts, fanny tucks and lipo sucks; all elective and unnecessary surgery.
Real doctors make about what i made as an airline pilot, $175-230,000. And they work hard at it. And pay a lot of it out for malpractice insurance.