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<blockquote data-quote="tRidiot" data-source="post: 3222888" data-attributes="member: 9374"><p>I gotcha, man. You think you got it all figured out. Still waiting to hear what capacity you worked for all those patients. But that's ok. Anytime you wanna debate about those spoiled, lazy, good for nothing, arrogant, know it all physicians just let me know.</p><p></p><p>Oh and who said anything about not liking their job? I'll have you know, I DID despise my last job - and it was mostly the patients who made it that way, combined with the corporate overlords.</p><p></p><p>But I left that one nearly a year ago - took a huge pay cut in order to do so. Let's see, as a general rule, I've made about 60% less money (except for last week, when my paycheck was approximately 20% of what I used to make). Sorry, I left out the financial part up there about being a doctor... you know, paying back all those school loans? After training for over a decade - my check last week was just over half of my student loan payments. That's right... my entire check for 2 weeks wouldn't even cover what I have to pay to Navient (Sallie Mae) this month. Gotta love those collection problems with insurance and Medicare, right? I was there in the office... every. single. day. It was the patients who made a ton of appointments and didn't show up. Phone call reminders apparently aren't enough. A no-show rate of 20-30% means your doctor has to overbook even MORE just to make the bills. So then on an odd day when everyone actually DOES show up, it means everyone's stuck running behind. But that's my fault, too. And believe me, I know it, my family is so far in debt, I have mortgaged their future for ever. My son will be in college and I will probably be 50 years old before my net worth gets up to $0. Yeah, you read that right. All those rich, spoiled doctors. lol</p><p></p><p>See... if your doctor does what they'd really LIKE to do, that is, book only enough patients to be able to spend plenty of time with them, address all the problems they need in one visit, the time to counsel them on all the things that will help them be healthier, dig deep DEEP DEEP and try find the underlying mental issues that may be contributing to them sabotaging their own health, etc. - you'll end up looking for a new doctor. Because they will go bankrupt. It's just how it is. You CANNOT spend that kind of time in today's healthcare system (even though you may WANT to), or you will lose your business and not be able to provide ANY care for ANYONE. Just a fact. If you don't like it, well... lobby your <s>representatives</s> governmental overlords to change things so we can have more doctors and more time for patients (meaning they can be reimbursed for that time). Otherwise, well, you get to live with what you're given. Or not live with it, as the case may be.</p><p></p><p>In the meantime, there're plenty of apps you can log into, pay your $40 and let the provider on the other end of the chat app take care of you. Have fun with that, you can do it in your PJs while you shop for a mortgage from the comfort of your own home. Lenders compete for you, right? lol It's not a drive through, it's even better! Sounds like that would be perfect, right??</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tRidiot, post: 3222888, member: 9374"] I gotcha, man. You think you got it all figured out. Still waiting to hear what capacity you worked for all those patients. But that's ok. Anytime you wanna debate about those spoiled, lazy, good for nothing, arrogant, know it all physicians just let me know. Oh and who said anything about not liking their job? I'll have you know, I DID despise my last job - and it was mostly the patients who made it that way, combined with the corporate overlords. But I left that one nearly a year ago - took a huge pay cut in order to do so. Let's see, as a general rule, I've made about 60% less money (except for last week, when my paycheck was approximately 20% of what I used to make). Sorry, I left out the financial part up there about being a doctor... you know, paying back all those school loans? After training for over a decade - my check last week was just over half of my student loan payments. That's right... my entire check for 2 weeks wouldn't even cover what I have to pay to Navient (Sallie Mae) this month. Gotta love those collection problems with insurance and Medicare, right? I was there in the office... every. single. day. It was the patients who made a ton of appointments and didn't show up. Phone call reminders apparently aren't enough. A no-show rate of 20-30% means your doctor has to overbook even MORE just to make the bills. So then on an odd day when everyone actually DOES show up, it means everyone's stuck running behind. But that's my fault, too. And believe me, I know it, my family is so far in debt, I have mortgaged their future for ever. My son will be in college and I will probably be 50 years old before my net worth gets up to $0. Yeah, you read that right. All those rich, spoiled doctors. lol See... if your doctor does what they'd really LIKE to do, that is, book only enough patients to be able to spend plenty of time with them, address all the problems they need in one visit, the time to counsel them on all the things that will help them be healthier, dig deep DEEP DEEP and try find the underlying mental issues that may be contributing to them sabotaging their own health, etc. - you'll end up looking for a new doctor. Because they will go bankrupt. It's just how it is. You CANNOT spend that kind of time in today's healthcare system (even though you may WANT to), or you will lose your business and not be able to provide ANY care for ANYONE. Just a fact. If you don't like it, well... lobby your [s]representatives[/s] governmental overlords to change things so we can have more doctors and more time for patients (meaning they can be reimbursed for that time). Otherwise, well, you get to live with what you're given. Or not live with it, as the case may be. In the meantime, there're plenty of apps you can log into, pay your $40 and let the provider on the other end of the chat app take care of you. Have fun with that, you can do it in your PJs while you shop for a mortgage from the comfort of your own home. Lenders compete for you, right? lol It's not a drive through, it's even better! Sounds like that would be perfect, right?? [/QUOTE]
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