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AngryAmish

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32. I have heard this shit for as long as I can remember

Thu Jan 5, 2012, 05:22 PM

Jan 2012

1. There is no rule anywhere that every medical practice must survive. If the business is run bad then it is run bad. Doctors tend to be terrible businessmen. (They also tend to be terrible pilots but that is neither here nor there).

2. Insurance companies plant these stories every so often to make the case for tort "reform". Look and see if malpractice insurers lower costs when tort "reform" goes through. You will see they do not. The insurance company just makes fatter profits.

3. Go look at the Bureau of labor statistics and see if doctors are making more money over the last twenty years or less money. Hint: there is a reason there are so many Ferraris in the doctor's lot at the hospital.

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Doctors in America are harboring an embarrassing secret: Many of them are going broke. [View all] Liberal_in_LA Jan 2012 OP

This didn't happen when health insurance was not-for-profit. arbusto_baboso Jan 2012 #1

I feel really bad for these doctors. I have a relative that is a dentist and last year she ended southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #3

"People don't realize how hard it is on the doctors." Adsos Letter Jan 2012 #11

People really just don't understand. My sister finally paid off her student loans and it southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #24

Happy I live in Canada riverbendviewgal Jan 2012 #2

You do have a good system and don't let anyone try to change your system. I have a feeling southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #4

This is one of the reasons not-for-profit Kaiser has become one of the employers of choice. Adsos Letter Jan 2012 #5

two of my doctors left private practices and moved to kaiser noiretextatique Jan 2012 #25

Kaiser provides a very good work environment for doctors. Adsos Letter Jan 2012 #34

agreed...thank goodness i live in california noiretextatique Jan 2012 #37

Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, NJ is going around buying private medical practices, no_hypocrisy Jan 2012 #6

My husband was born there phylny Jan 2012 #39

This does not surprise me. Laelth Jan 2012 #7

I've lost 3 of my GPs because they could no longer afford to practice. librechik Jan 2012 #8

Nationalize the health/drug industry and pay them a reasonable salary. Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2012 #9

US doctors are by far the highest paid in the world. We have no more $$$ to give them. Romulox Jan 2012 #10

I wonder how much a medical education costs in those other countries. Adsos Letter Jan 2012 #15

Medical education is run like a guild in this country. The purpose is to limit new doctors. Romulox Jan 2012 #21

yip Johonny Jan 2012 #40

I was married to a emilyg Jan 2012 #16

By that logic, the doctors in the OP "deserve" to go out of business? Romulox Jan 2012 #20

A lot of reasons for that treestar Jan 2012 #12

single payer. piratefish08 Jan 2012 #13

The ones that are not efficient are going broke taught_me_patience Jan 2012 #14

doctors, like their patients, are simply fodder for corporate profit squeezing.... mike_c Jan 2012 #17

Clearly health care is too cheap.. n/t Fumesucker Jan 2012 #18

Of course, the largest single problem is Medicare not paying... TreasonousBastard Jan 2012 #19

With those programs set to decrease their pay outs, things will get even tighter. Adsos Letter Jan 2012 #22

This is what happens when people pay huge sums for medical "insurance" kestrel91316 Jan 2012 #23

Yup. Shadowflash Jan 2012 #38

I love my doctor Marrah_G Jan 2012 #26

The silver lining to this is that we are seeing more and more doctors cbayer Jan 2012 #27

My dad was a doctor, and was barely breaking even his last few years Blue_Tires Jan 2012 #28

broke doctors eyeofnewt Jan 2012 #29

In my rural area KT2000 Jan 2012 #30

hospitalists eyeofnewt Jan 2012 #31

Yes - my sister's dr. KT2000 Jan 2012 #36

I have heard this shit for as long as I can remember AngryAmish Jan 2012 #32

My doctor sold her practice and retired last year auburngrad82 Jan 2012 #33

They're next up on the food chain. girl gone mad Jan 2012 #35