This doc will retire before Obamacare is fully implemented. Even if I have to work at walmart to put the kids through school. I’m no stranger to hard work...I will find some way to finish outriding my kids through college. It’s my daughter in pre med I worry about. I’m trying hard to get her to make another choice
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“It’s my daughter in pre-med I worry about. I’m trying hard to get her to make another choice.”
What a shame that someone should be discouraged from entering a noble profession because of the manipulations of psychotic, revolutionary, Progressive bureaucrats.
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I’m not a dr, but I do work in healthcare. I think before Obamacare is fully rolled out, I need an escape plan. Just not sure what it is yet.
My daughter -- who's a pretty smart cookie -- she graduated Phi Beta Kappa -- was pre med, but decided to go to grad school for medical illustration. Her program required her to take gross anatomy with the medical students, and she casually dropped (she's very low key) that she ranked 3rd or so in a class of a couple hundred. I tried to encourage her to become an MD, and not practice, but she had her "dream" job before she even received her degree. So that idea fell on deaf ears.
Our loss. She's having a lot of fun with her job, though!
Tell her to be a PA or a pharmacist or an NP—they’re the only ones who get any respect.
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I don’t think you are alone in those thoughts.
I am also going to retire before Obamacare ruins medicine. I discouraged my children from going to medical school. I have a daughter with a PharmD. who has regular hours, enjoys her work, and makes over $120K.
My wife of 32 years has been a general surgeon in private practice since 1985. She came up thought the Old Boys Network, when female surgeons were few. We went through graduate school and residency on the south side of Chicago for 5 years, giving up our young married life to a commitment to people. We lived in a one bedroom 800 square foot apartment behind Michael Reese Hospital, on 31st and King Drive, as minority white folks, sacrificing all for 80-120 hour workweeks (before PC got in the way and now the puss* surgical residents have limited hours).
In private practice, she works typically 12-14 hour days, 6 days per week. We had no government loans, supported ourselves, and have saved diligently and progressed. Now, Obama is trying to take it all away. Well, guess what? She will retire, in her last prime years, rather than become a clerk to the leftist entitlement mentality. We well remember the night Obama made those statements on national TV about greedy doctors. I cannot tell you all politely about my white-hot rage and hatred toward Obama and his wife. I so despise them that I cannot stand the sound of his lispy, lilting cadence, I cannot tolerate the sight of his sneering, awful arrogance, his ugly, awful fraud of a spouse.
I cannot tolerate “Americans’ who support Obama, and have cut ties to family and friends who do. I pray we here, the Tea Party, and thinking Americans can rid us of this plague, this malignancy, this utter fraud of Affirmative Action, from OUR White House.
Me too. I’m mid 50’s, and have saved enough to retire...just like all the state workers here in MO. I’m getting fed up!
My daughter is starting her 2nd yr of Med School this week...I tried to talk her into another field, but she would have none of that.
“This doc will retire before Obamacare is fully implemented. Even if I have to work at walmart to put the kids through school. I’m no stranger to hard work...I will find some way to finish outriding my kids through college. It’s my daughter in pre med I worry about. I’m trying hard to get her to make another choice.”
Good luck. It wasn’t easy, but I managed to keep my kids away from that nightmare, even though the Misses really wanted it for stature (still holds a lot of pride in the old country, where she’s from).
Even Romney (or any Republican) will have a tough time dismantling this monster, so do your best to get her out. Have her be a diesel mechanic or something useful.