Insurers to pay doctors 30-40% less under exchange plans.

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74. whee

another "why don't you pull yourself up by your own bootstraps" post.

Why does it matter what he makes?

Well the statement was made "doctors make too much money" or words to that effect.

Well, in the old Carson shtick the question was "HOW COLD WAS IT?" To prove or disprove the statement, one needs the information, or at least a rough amount. How much DO they make? So there is a doctor here telling about how tough they have it. Okay, so it is tough, but at the end of the day, how much money do you walk away with? Because I might be able to put up with that toughness for half of that amount and STILL count it all joy.

As for, "why didn't I choose to become a doctor?"

Well, the funny thing is, when I was young and foolish, I was not all that greedy.

Okay, I was greedy, but I was also optimistic. I thought I was sorta automatically gonna be rich because I was smart.

I hate to even type that because it demostrates how stupid I was, but there it is. So I did not look at college as "what should I study so I can make lots of money?" But probably many doctors, I hope, do not become doctors just because of the money. But I went to school to learn, and not really just to learn ONE thing, or ONE field, but to learn EVERYTHING.

I scoffed, and I still kinda scoff, at specialisation. I thought I was a polymath.

Actually, I was, am, a dilletante. But I work hard too.