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To: puborectalis who wrote (646146)	2/22/2012 3:05:39 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571766

Pub, > I guess your opinion of lawyers is the same yet many lawyers have difficulty in making a living. But in your mind, it's easy money for people working on Wall Street, AMIRITE? Tenchusatsu

To: puborectalis who wrote (646146)	2/22/2012 3:51:53 PM
From: i-node	3 Recommendations Respond to of 1571766

>> You haven't a clue how hard it is to become a doctor... Really, you need to get over this. We all choose what we're willing to sacrifice for a career. Few sacrifice as much as physicians do. Which is one reason they should be amongst the highest paid. I have, in no way, questioned the dedication of doctors as a group. However, I can tell you that not one in a hundred physicians is disinterested in maximizing profits. Many do not know how to go about it and totally screw it up; often, by the time we see them, they are facing serious financial problems and have compounded their problems with one bad decision on top of another. Physicians who are topheavy in Medicare patients are asking for trouble. Unfortunately, some specialties are just that way and there isn't much to be done about it. In those, midlevel providers are often the best course of action. Regardless, the field of medicine has to compete with other fields -- like the law, and more importantly, engineering, for brilliant minds. Today, if I were young and looking for opportunity to earn money I would not be looking at becoming a physician. Regardless of what you may believe, there is some portion of candidates -- and it is a large proportion -- will choose NOT to become physicians because of better opportunities to earn money elsewhere. Today, physicians are still highly compensated. As compensation declines, so will the number of physicians. No matter what you may think about the rationale for young people pursuing medicine as a career, the reality is that basic rules of supply and demand are still in effect.