Guest guest Posted April 14, 2010 Report Share Posted April 14, 2010 Yep. I know a doctor who has had to recently sell his house and car in order to keep his practice open. As his patients are suffering financially they can't pay, and he isn't a doctor for the money. He just tells them to pay what they can. It's tough for everyone right now. Madeline http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Lungs_on_Vacation/ To: asthma Sent: Mon, April 12, 2010 3:26:24 PMSubject: Re: info - Thats just it...the doctors going into family practices are not making what people assume they are making. Any newer doctors entering the field are at the very least 120,000 in the hole to start with just in college loans. When the state colleges were threatening to shut down 4yr nursing programs here recently, some of the students interviewed on the news were already 70k in debt..and thats for 4 yrs of school. Family practices do not see a whole lot of profit anymore...maybe in days past, but between medicaid cutting reimbursements, and rising insurance costs, student loans and staff salary this group of docs just isnt seeing much in the lines of profit until after their student loans are paid off. I read a really good article about it a year or so ago...that most newer docs are going into specialty practices b/c there IS more money in those fields. There really is a shortage of doctors happening and its another reason why there arent as many on-call docs as there used to be. The specialist that didnt call you back for 4 days? Thats just plain wrong. And I hate these automated answering systems too.. Ann The amounts of money some of them make. Sorry, just venting Re: info -> >> > > <image.tiff>> >> >> >> >> > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.