Only 54% of doctors would choose a career in medicine again, only 11% feel "rich"

[Carolina]

88. Some in this thread are clueless and wrongly paint with a broad brush

A good plastic surgeon is a doctor and an artist and deserves to be paid.

When I was an intern in the ER over 30 years ago, a woman came in who had been brutally attacked by her boyfriend. With the intent of maiming, rather than killing, her, he had slashed her face repeatedly. I assisted in absolute awe as the plastic surgeon delicately, meticulously and painstakingly put her face back together. Over the ensuing months, we would see her evolving healing in the surgery clinic. He restored her "life" in many ways. Even when I switched fields (OB-GYN to pathology), I would still occasionally seek to work with Dr. H. He was truly a master of the art and science of medicine and he deserved everything he earned putting mangled bodies back together. The few vanity cases he did were equally wonders to behold.

It took innate talent, intelligence, years of school and training, and great expense to produce him and many others like him.

Primary care docs and specialists are all important and all deserved to be paid.

The monster in our health care system is the coalition of political whores, big pharma and the insurance companies that screw patients and doctors alike.

Thank you for your post