Originally posted by LTbulldogs
AND NOTHING ABOUT THIS JOB OFFER IS ABNORMAL!! I SEE THIS KIND OF MONEY OFFERED FREQUENTLY.......SOME SPECIALIST CAN ONLY DREAM TO MAKE THAT MUCH......FORGET IT!!!.....I GUESS THAT I'M JUST AN IMMATURE, MONEY HUNGRY, CRACK-ABUSING UNDERGRAD....... IM JUST A SHALLOW OLD STUPID BASTARD IS ALL I AM.....I GUESS THEY DESERVE IT?? RIGHT??
WOW!! UNBELIEVABLE!!! I GUESS MONEY ISN'T EVERYTHING!!!!...IM FINISHED RANTING, THIS IS MY LAST POST ON THE SUBJECT...
Whoa, seems to me like someone has issues.....
I have yet to hear people explain WHY doctors "deserve" to be paid X amt more than nurses, PAs etc. Yes, physicians are in school longer, and yes they hold more responsiblities, but if the demand is there, why would we build artificial barriers to income? I mean, phds are also in school longer, is it fair someone with half their education is making twice the pay?
As far as I see it, in this country (US), if there are less skilled people who can provide the same amount of care for cheaper, there is nothing anyone can do to prevent it.
Our country flourished b/c of the ever increasing ways we make our industry efficient. Countries which create artificial barriers to entry in jobs stymies growth and wastes valuable resources.
Health care is like other industry in its allocation of resources. It is wasteful to have an intelligent person spent ten years in school only to be doing something someone trained for less time can do. This also means less efficiency for hospitals or are already in the red. What good does it do to pay for that premium of an MD if the MD offers no benefits aside from a higher cost?
In cash starved hospitals, ideally, if they can find cheaper replacements for the same quality of service, it's going to happen. Whining about it does no one a service....not the physician who would otherwise be doing work that someone who spent less years in school can do competently, nor for the patient paying an extra premium for overpriced services, nor the hospital who is wasting money on misallocating resources.
There will always be need for MDs but we can't believe that the MD is impervious to the principles of supply and demand. Remember, our society strives for efficiency. If quality can be maintained at a lower price.....give me a reason how we as MDs can prevent the public from wanting that?