Med School Gets Cheaper for Some

I agree with improving education costs, but somehow people who are not in medicine think that they can judge our work ethic is ridiculous. I remember a politician who really didn't think medicine was all that until she worked 1 full day with a bunch of us. Then she shut her mouth. Our job is way harder than some entitlement peons out there can imagine.

Fix malpractice. Eliminate NON-economic damages. Better yet, you can't sue unless you are a long-term dependent. Greedy little granddaughters can't file claims on a dead 80 year old woman because of the emotional loss. She's just trying to get out of working for the rest of her life. Scams run by lawyers and American culture fuels it.

You want to cap physician earnings. Fine maybe at 500K. I disagree with those doctors out there who run mills and maybe spend like 2 minutes with each patient. That's just poor form. I don't want that. But don't take away from the hardworkers who spend nearly 14 hours per day in clinics/hospitals. They earned it just like business owners. The legislation in this area will be tricky.

Eliminate medical school loans upon graduation. You need loans to force people to finish the training, but then take it all away after Match Day.

Remember American public, doctors cost maybe around 10% of the medical costs in this country. Pretty low in my opinion compared to some companies. It's how politics, lawyers, insurance companies, and many others work as middlemen that ruins healthcare. When they charge you 300, they are giving us 25. Did you ever try to figure out where the rest of that goes? It's certainly not just the light bulbs. Get some education and then point fingers.

And why would somebody NOT want doctors to set the licensure standard? I guess some of these people have qualified training to judge how long a doctor should be trained for.

Gary of IL 4:36PM June 30, 2008