Would you chose med school even if you could only make $100k tops

[MilwaukeeMike28]

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Would you still go into medicine if you could only make $100k a year ( $120k as a specialist). Apparently, that is what they pay the docs in Canada ( land of socialized medicine ) Would you still do it ?

Would anyone do 10-12 years of training to be a pediatric heart surgeon if they only made $120k ?

 

[Psycho Doctor]

yes, it's not about money, it never was; if it was, i'd choose a different field

 

[Mr hawkings]

Would you still go into medicine if you could only make $100k a year ( $120k as a specialist). Apparently, that is what they pay the docs in Canada ( land of socialized medicine ) Would you still do it ?

Would anyone do 10-12 years of training to be a pediatric heart surgeon if they only made $120k ?

I would do it for $40k a year if you cancel all my educational loans. I'm not in it for the money but these loans aint gonna pay themselves off.

 

[VFrank]

Would you still go into medicine if you could only make $100k a year ( $120k as a specialist). Apparently, that is what they pay the docs in Canada ( land of socialized medicine ) Would you still do it ?

Would anyone do 10-12 years of training to be a pediatric heart surgeon if they only made $120k ?

A socialized medicine system still pays doctors $100K a year? Then what the hell is everyone complaining about?!? I think I could live very comfortably on that. I don't need a yacht -- I just want to be stable and be able to afford braces for my kids.

 

[CanIMakeIt]

Yup anyday baby.......coming from someone who has done a lot of different things in past........

 

[Pinkertinkle]

Enough with these money threads, always ends up with plenty of premed self-masturbatory assurances that they'd do it as long as they could fill their stomachs.

 

[UseUrHeadFred]

Enough with these money threads, always ends up with plenty of premed self-masturbatory assurances that they'd do it as long as they could fill their stomachs.

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[45408]

A socialized medicine system still pays doctors $100K a year? Then what the hell is everyone complaining about?!? I think I could live very comfortably on that. I don't need a yacht -- I just want to be stable and be able to afford braces for my kids.

there's more than just salary reasons for not wanting that system

 

[meister]

If medical school still costs an arm and a leg you couldn't really afford $100k a year, unless you come out of school with no doubt.

 

[delchrys]

such as, prowler? we'd have rising medical costs where treatment and medical insurance would be nearing the unaffordable point for millions of citizens? we'd have a malpractice insurance "crisis" in half the states of the nation? or we'd have drug costs higher than any other country? or do you mean that we'd have horrid preventative care coverage but pay through the nose to patch up that same patient 18 months later when the pancreatic cancer has progressed way too far to save them?

oh, wait, we already have that. and it ain't getting any better.

 

[Pinkertinkle]

such as, prowler? we'd have rising medical costs where treatment and medical insurance would be nearing the unaffordable point for millions of citizens? we'd have a malpractice insurance "crisis" in half the states of the nation? or we'd have drug costs higher than any other country? or do you mean that we'd have horrid preventative care coverage but pay through the nose to patch up that same patient 18 months later when the pancreatic cancer has progressed way too far to save them?

oh, wait, we already have that. and it ain't getting any better.

Oh the sky is falling the sky is falling!

 

[zzz]

I have my mind set on being a FP so the answer is yes. http://forums.studentdoctor.net/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=1829644#
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Would you still go into medicine if you could only make $100k a year ( $120k as a specialist). Apparently, that is what they pay the docs in Canada ( land of socialized medicine ) Would you still do it ?

Would anyone do 10-12 years of training to be a pediatric heart surgeon if they only made $120k ?

 

[jlee9531]

100K?

damn thats a lot. sign me up.

 

[Psycho Doctor]

Enough with these money threads, always ends up with plenty of premed self-masturbatory assurances that they'd do it as long as they could fill their stomachs.

that's better than the people in it basically for the money and their mansions, bmws and fancy vacations

 

[i61164]

100K?

damn thats a lot. sign me up.

I know a computer programmer with a BA that made 100K one year out of college.

Whether or not it's a lot depends on your expenses. Debt has already been mentioned. How about kids?

What about inflation? My rent goes up, my bills go up, taxes go up, but my damn paycheck stays the same.

 

[dmoney41]

The funny thing is that it's not the decrease in salary that would get a lot of them, it's the decrease in the prestige of the entire occupation in the eyes of the average person when doctors drive Hondas instead of BMWs. The ladies aren't going to swoon for your fly hoopty Accord.

 

[Bfriccia1]

That amount of money is fine but I wouldn't put in the 60-70 hour weeks that many doctors do nowadays. There has to be a tradeoff between lifestyle and income in my mind.

 

[juniper456]

only if:

1. someone else paid off all my loans
2. i only had to work 9-5.

 

[Tiddly of Winks]

I could make a $100K?

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!!!!!!!

🙄

 

[lakersfan]

i dont mind but then i wouldnt want to be on call ALL the time. if it was a 40-50 hour week, fine wiht me

 

[RaistlinMajere]

yes, it's not about money, it never was; if it was, i'd choose a different field

Good answer.

 

[mdsadler]

I just want to be stable and be able to afford braces for my kids.

What all of you are failing to understand in this "socialist" system of ours is that the salaries are indeed lower but we don't pay for anything compared to you. Here in Canada you wouldn't need to worry about paying for your kid's toothy grin because as a doctor your medical coverage would cover all of it. My parents are not doctors and I had free braces. What you also don't understand is that education is MUCH cheaper so you really don't need to sell your organs to pay off med school or even undergrad loans. The med school at my undergrad has one of the highest tuition rates in the country and it is only at $12,000 canadian (probably around 8-9k american). You guys really put too much emphasis on making piles of money when you really should examine what you need to spend that money on to obtain an equal quality of life. Of course our doctors make less money, but overall our system takes away the need to waste so much of this bloated salary on basic items that should come standard.

 

[Blake]

Would you still go into medicine if you could only make $100k a year ( $120k as a specialist). Apparently, that is what they pay the docs in Canada ( land of socialized medicine ) Would you still do it ?

Would anyone do 10-12 years of training to be a pediatric heart surgeon if they only made $120k ?

1) Seeing doctors all the time, and talking to them, I can guarantee you that the salaries aren't that low in Canada. A young cardiothoracic surgeon I know makes over 300 k a year. One of my friend's dad is an ob/gyn and he makes around 200 k.

2) From what I've seen so far, people in medicine don't realize how much money they really have compared to the average guy. Yea, 100 k is totally ridiculous, and you can't even feed yourself during a week with that kind of salary 🙄

And there's way more to life than money. Having money just for the sake of being rich isn't my thing, but to each his own...