I think it is “not fair” that surgeons make so much money, they shouldn’t make any more than a high school dropout working at McDonald’s. It’s just not fair! (/sarc!)
It sounds like the procedure was more involved, because they had to get all the cancer, but since it was on her face, they needed to do “micro-surgery” to ensure minimal invasiveness.
“For example, the procedure performed on Ms. Little, called Mohs surgery, involves slicing off a skin cancer in layers under local anesthesia, with microscopic pathology performed between each “stage” until the growth has been removed. While it offers clear advantages in certain cases, it is more expensive than simply cutting or freezing off a lesion.”
I guess, according to the article’s author, she should have just had the cancer cut out and so what if she ends up being disfigured? Welcome to Obamacare!
And of course the article is also trying to generate class envy — why is a surgeon who is smart, highly skilled should make more money than some random unskilled worker?
Just what we expect from the NYT. Watch for more stories like this.
I think you captured what the NYT was trying to convey, except they were pretty much specific against dermatologists, if I read the article correctly.