Does anyone else see this about Congress and the new HC?

[Omni]

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Something dawned upon me while I was driving home. Tell me if I'm right.

Obviously, with the new health care plan physician salaries are going to be cut. The number of patients specialist are going to see will be reduced, hence hurting them a bit more. Times are more trying now than they were before and cost of living will be going up for doctors, as well as everyone else in the US.

With that being said, why the hell are the people who are cutting the salaries of doctors raising their own salaries? It has been a trend, from what I remember reading, that every 2 years, Congress has voted to raise its salary by an average of 3000-4000. The reason that they state for increasing their salaries is the fact that cost of living is rising. Here's a newsflash Congress...IT IS RISING FOR EVERYONE.

And if I'm not mistaken, Congressmen have further benefits such as paid transportation and other things.

Also, if you look at numbers, law students are in half as much debt as medical students upon graduation.

I"m not trying to belittle anyone, or the work of law students vs medical student. Some congressmen do decline the pay raise, but that's only a very small portion. What my complaint is how can these people decide to raise their salaries just because the cost of living is rising? They're not in an isolated bubble where it's only rising for them, but it's affecting everyone.

 

[Hyperstudyosis]

Ha, it's actually pretty funny that Congress votes to raise their own salaries. Who wouldn't vote yes? It seems like some other party should be involved besides Congress. I can see where you are coming from and I think that if they are going to pay doctors less, they need to pay for our education so we don't graduate with a ton of debt.

 

[266549]

the rules of logic and reason don't apply to congress. they do live in an isolated bubble. I only relatively recently started caring about our government (for real, not just election-time-caring) and when i found out that congress voted for their own raises i said wtf out loud. that's like a pre-med voting for free points on his/her mcat. just because it's not fair doesn't mean they aren't going to do it....every single time.

it makes me laugh/get depressed to read about how inept much of congress is.

 

[266549]

also...wouldn't it make sense for congress to get a raise every time the US does? that is, when min wage rises.

i can't be the first one to think of that.

 

[dru2002]

The only reason congressmen get away with voting for a pay raise every few years is because we (the American people) let them. When they vote for a pay raise it doesn't go into effect until they have faced reelection. So basically don't releect a few congressman do to the pay raises and the others will stop voting for pay raises.

 

[Narmerguy]

Congress seriously treats the general public like we're stupid...

 

[armybound]

Congress seriously treats the general public like we're stupid...

The American people are stupid, as a whole.

 

[caniac]

The American people are stupid, as a whole.

👍

 

[Hoody]

The American people are stupid, as a whole.

I would say apathetic rather than stupid. But they are stupid for being apathetic and letting congress rape us. 👎

 

[Omni]

It is completely dumb. Budgets are getting slashed everywhere, my dad even said that everyone in his company got a reduction in salary by an average of $15,000, tuition is rising, funding for scholarships is declining, yet the cost of living ONLY for the congress has risen enough for them to get themselves a pay raise. Really pisses me off.

 

[Captain Fantastic]

Obviously, with the new health care plan physician salaries are going to be cut.

It gets better! They're likely to double-dip on doctors: reduced medicare reimbursement and the latest I've heard is that they're tossing around an idea of increasing taxes on those earning $200,000+ ($250K if filing jointly) to help fill the remaining gap. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31474727/