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UK: Nearly 400 NHS dentists earn more than £300,000
The Telegraph ^
| 8/4/2009
| Kate Devlin
Posted on 08/04/2009 7:46:12 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
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To: bruinbirdman
“£300,000”
Obviously, overpaid......
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posted on
08/04/2009 7:48:08 PM PDT
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(FR...Monthly Donors Wanted...I Upped My Monthly. Now, Up Yours.)
To: bruinbirdman
British Dentists making £300,000 a year??? Do we have any of those $400 hammers left we could sell them?
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posted on
08/04/2009 7:49:03 PM PDT
by
ConservaTexan
(February 6, 1911)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
UK: Nearly 400 NHS dentists earn more than £300,000
Since there are only 400 dentists in the NHS they can name their price
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posted on
08/04/2009 7:49:31 PM PDT
by
Chickensoup
("Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.")
To: bruinbirdman
Class envy UK propaganda.
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posted on
08/04/2009 7:50:18 PM PDT
by
FormerACLUmember
(When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.)
To: bruinbirdman
Have we seen an improvement in British teeth?
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posted on
08/04/2009 7:53:20 PM PDT
by
divine_moment_of_facts
(“Cap and Trade bill tells us how to live.. Health Care bill tells us how to die.” Bauer and Rose)
To: FormerACLUmember
That may be true. But you gave to wonder why they’re getting paid so much when the NHS can’t afford amalgams and novocaine.
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posted on
08/04/2009 7:54:03 PM PDT
by
Rodebrecht
(</government>)
To: bruinbirdman
My guess is that these are the Oral Surgeons and difficult case Implant Specialists in private practice.
It is not possible to earn $600K (300K pounds) from the government health insurance by filling cavities.
And keep in mind that the marginal tax rate on high earners is well in excess of 50%, so they are basically working for the government anyway.
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posted on
08/04/2009 7:56:07 PM PDT
by
FormerACLUmember
(When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.)
To: FormerACLUmember
"despite millions of patients struggling to access free treatment"yitbos
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posted on
08/04/2009 7:57:37 PM PDT
by
bruinbirdman
("Those who control language control minds.")
To: divine_moment_of_facts
Have we seen an improvement in British teeth?No.
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BhL4RWIiibk/R45JcLJt-AI/AAAAAAAAAO0/d4ElhdWgjMM/s320/1017725337_30181.jpg)
![](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/britishteeth.jpg)
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posted on
08/04/2009 8:00:16 PM PDT
by
FormerACLUmember
(When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Here's the problem: Govt-run healthcare controls SALARY of everyone involved in the delivery of service...it also controls the profit of drug companies and suppliers of every sort.
The monopoly sets all service levels, prices and compensation. Each and every aspect of the monopoly's realm.
When the crunch is on...just like Calif state employees...doctors and nurses can expect salary reductions.
With Obamacare, doctors can expect to top out at $300k in the first 5 years...$200k within 10. Nurses can expect $35k in that same period.
I'm truly BAFFLED why the AMA signed on to this. They must believe a promise from a serial liar.
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posted on
08/04/2009 8:01:53 PM PDT
by
Mariner
To: bruinbirdman
Nearly 400 NHS dentists earned more than £300,000 last year, new figures show, despite millions of patients struggling to access free treatment.What do those two things have to do with one another?
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posted on
08/04/2009 8:02:09 PM PDT
by
Jim Noble
(I hope Sarah will start a 2nd party soon)
To: bruinbirdman
This is the socialist madness. You play by their rules and beat them
at it and they get pissed and want to control you even more. It will be the same here.
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posted on
08/04/2009 8:03:05 PM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: bruinbirdman
Who runs the NHS? Well, that would be the Department of Health. It would seem to me that the article should focus on the government agency that allows this rather than the doctors who, if given a free market to operate in, would likely not be able to make that much unless the patients and their insurance companies thought their services were worth that much.
Much easier to demonize the doctors and force people to pull their own teeth.
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posted on
08/04/2009 8:03:44 PM PDT
by
eggman
(Obama's Spread the Wealth will work just as well as Spread the Liabilities (sub-prime mortgages))
To: bruinbirdman
Is this office gross or personal net? How are their offices set up? Who pays the overhead and office labor (hygienist), accounting and dental record costs?
To: bruinbirdman
Now, Now!
Is that 300k pounds for their office, or is that what the individual dentist takes away after paying for his staff, rent, supplies??
It’s reported that Oprah makes 6 kajillion a year - but that the contract, and then she has to pay for all the production, etc. I’m sure she nets ok, but these headlines are totally misleading.
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posted on
08/04/2009 8:42:26 PM PDT
by
aShepard
To: Mariner
I'm truly BAFFLED why the AMA signed on to this. Because it is captive to ivory tower left wingers in academic medicine, who couldn't hack it in private practice, and think every doctor should get $150k for a 35 hour work week, instead of $400k for an 80 hour work week.
The private practice docs I know are bitterly disappointed at being sold out like this.
-ccm
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posted on
08/04/2009 8:55:35 PM PDT
by
ccmay
(Too much Law; not enough Order.)
To: Mariner
....BAFFLED why the AMA signed on to this. Only a small percentage of Docs belong to the AMA. Surprised?
It is just another example of left-wingers taking over an organization in name. As a point of reference, remember when American Psychiatric Association (all 18 of them who were present) voted to remove homosexuality from their list of mental diseases?
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posted on
08/04/2009 8:57:36 PM PDT
by
Kenny Bunk
(Congratulations Obama Voters! You are not prejudiced. Unpatriotic, maybe. Dumb definitely.)
To: Kenny Bunk
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posted on
08/04/2009 9:42:13 PM PDT
by
reg45
(Be calm everyone. The idiot children are in charge!)
To: bruinbirdman
“The income is before tax but after expenses, which typically include the costs of renting surgeries and paying staff, have been taken into account. “
After UK taxes thay might leave them with about 70 pounds.
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posted on
08/05/2009 5:01:01 AM PDT
by
poobear
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