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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Road Walker who wrote (23970)	7/1/2012 4:54:33 PM
From: i-node	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

>> Actually that's not true. I think it is substantially true. One could argue that some great classical musicians have worked at least as hard but is typically not compensated anywhere near what a doc is. OTOH, Mark Zuckerberg clearly didn't work as hard as most docs do to get where they are. So, there is no perfection in my statement, but to a substantial degree, you would have to agree most physicians have worked harder than, for example, the typical architect or CPA or attorney to get themselves positioned to make money. On average. >> But despite that, compensation should be based on performance and efficiency, not education. Right? Or are you saying Docs are a unique profession that should be compensated based solely of the cost and time of their education? I kind of think you're changing the subject -- you can't really contrast the compensation of a truck driver or school teacher with that of a physician. There are physicians who make less than either of those; however, typically physicians make more as they should - they've invested more to prepare themselves to a much higher standard than a truck driver. >> Good efficient Docs make lots and lots and lots of money. Fair Docs make lots and lots of money. Poor inefficient Docs make lots of money and whine lots and lots and lots. I think you're misinformed or confused. Even lousy, inefficient docs are for the most part highly qualified. That is what the process is about -- insuring that even the WORST physicians are imminently qualified to do their jobs, at least when they enter private practice. What they do from there, that's a different matter. That's not to say that some won't slip through the process, but by and large, American physicians are about as well-trained as a person can be. I really don't encounter that many docs who seem to be lousy at what they do. I do see some who I would not want as a doctor but that is more due to personality issues than training issues.