tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post695920544855962014..comments2023-08-21T02:57:37.362-05:00Comments on Dr. Wes: The Day AfterDrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-24872348280156439142010-06-28T00:20:52.983-05:002010-06-28T00:20:52.983-05:00Personally, I absolutely love that they're cut...Personally, I absolutely <i>love</i> that they're cutting something for the older folks. Screw the older generations. They've screwed everyone else for long enough; it's time they got theirs.J. Bowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15392092694488693635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-19808761653634402852010-06-21T10:47:23.577-05:002010-06-21T10:47:23.577-05:00Wes,
Every so often you come up with a good idea....Wes,<br /><br />Every so often you come up with a good idea. I am not sure that the translation is that good however unless that compensation extends to on call time as well.<br /><br />What about say neurosurgery where you may spend 7-8 years in post medical school training to get to your second board? So neurosurgeons would get 200/hour?<br /><br />I think a better measure would be those Keithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-23373343573125132002010-06-20T00:40:52.650-05:002010-06-20T00:40:52.650-05:00I think we should limit what attorneys are allowed...I think we should limit what attorneys are allowed to charge.<br />Why should it cost so much just to<br />do a simple will or family trust?<br />Especially when legal secretaries<br />do most of the work! I also believe that lawyers should not be<br />allowed to run for public office;<br />they have wrecked our judicial system with their legal shenanigans. Anonymous R.N.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-82238574683397156042010-06-19T16:13:39.134-05:002010-06-19T16:13:39.134-05:00Take heart (at least half a heart). The temporary...Take heart (at least half a heart). The temporary fix will be signed on Monday. Congress takes Friday off. What's of more interest are your comments about the lack of broadband in rural areas. T'was ever such! Read up on the TVA and electrification in Texas (under the Democrats which gave birth to KBR which morphed to Halliburton). Libertarians may want to be "left alone"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-12971862705155713792010-06-19T10:33:56.408-05:002010-06-19T10:33:56.408-05:00Keith-
Brass tacks: innovation in medicine has la...Keith-<br /><br />Brass tacks: innovation in medicine has largely been the pervue of the US and its industries. I would expect doctors in the US to make more than other countries, especially diven the additional costs we incur compared to them. $300,000 for medical school these days? Malpractice premiums?<br /><br />I do not disagree with you the argument that subspecialties should be equally DrWeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-51784587106759575922010-06-19T07:49:18.847-05:002010-06-19T07:49:18.847-05:00Wes,
Lets get down to brass tacks. Specialists i...Wes,<br /><br />Lets get down to brass tacks. Specialists in this country make more than anywhere else in the world. Average starting salaries for interventional cardiologists start around 300 K. Compared to cognitive specialites like infectious disease, rheumatology, and endocrinology, you guys make alot more even though these specialites require extra years of training as well (specialists Keithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-32354926099072464222010-06-19T07:28:19.548-05:002010-06-19T07:28:19.548-05:00Anyone who thinks doctors are overpaid has no idea...Anyone who thinks doctors are overpaid has no idea what it takes to do what they do, or what their job requires once they get there. There is no other career choice that matches the level of requirements and personal sacrifice - NOT one.<br /><br />How many CEO's miss Christmas mornings with their kids because they are rounding on ICU patients? How many lawyers must leave their spouse at 2 Jodihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02317972207150149720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-75631668698594893912010-06-19T05:22:13.182-05:002010-06-19T05:22:13.182-05:00Anony 10:36pm-
Dr Wes, you know too well these cu...Anony 10:36pm-<br /><br /><i>Dr Wes, you know too well these cuts will NEVER ever go through but of course the drama has to happen..</i><br /><br />Anyone who's done this job longer than a year knows that the failure of Medicare payment rates to keep up with inflation, paired with the ongoing <i>threat</i> of further cuts, has already taken its toll.DrWeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-19820602687915052352010-06-18T22:36:51.844-05:002010-06-18T22:36:51.844-05:00Dr Wes, you know too well these cuts will NEVER ev...Dr Wes, you know too well these cuts will NEVER ever go through but of course the drama has to happen.. it is politics afterall!! They will fix it in the end but there will always be some saga to it..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-845936571494571012010-06-18T19:44:11.557-05:002010-06-18T19:44:11.557-05:00The air is leaking out of the Medicare balloon. T...The air is leaking out of the Medicare balloon. The Medicaid balloon has already crashed. I'll be 65 in 3 years & I'm not signing up for Medicare. My insurance co wants me to sign up so Medicaere will be primary. The insurance will waive deductibles & copayment if I do. But I prefer to pay more & actually have a doctor when I need one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-59630446222477852662010-06-18T19:41:31.678-05:002010-06-18T19:41:31.678-05:00I can't wait to see that Walmart minimum wage ...I can't wait to see that Walmart minimum wage doctor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-18971155899447781462010-06-18T19:22:08.962-05:002010-06-18T19:22:08.962-05:00Ah yes - a few remind us that wealth envy is still...Ah yes - a few remind us that wealth envy is still the standard in these United States. Yes - many Doctors with specialties are very well compensated. But consider the level of their education and continual schooling to remain at the top of their professional I hardly think the compensation is excessive. Sorry, jimbino. I have been with my cardiologist since my first heart attack in 1981. HE Brucehttp://brucesplace.net/wordpressnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-69224682202553504562010-06-18T17:59:47.522-05:002010-06-18T17:59:47.522-05:00From my point of view as a patient, doctors have l...From my point of view as a patient, doctors have long deserved to be squeezed. I am a non-believer in insurance, but I'll be damned if I can find a doctor who posts his prices by CPT code, so I can shop around.<br /><br />I can't wait until Walmart, Target, Sears, Home Depot or Lowes runs clinics, pharmacies and hospitals. They know how to publish their ever-falling prices on the Web and jimbinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09684677214800358793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-33619485519612696792010-06-18T15:40:52.844-05:002010-06-18T15:40:52.844-05:00Senate passes temporary fix until Nov 1st.
We can...Senate passes temporary fix until Nov 1st.<br /><br />We can do this all over again starting late october.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-56490470444458372932010-06-18T13:02:45.325-05:002010-06-18T13:02:45.325-05:00Ignatz, certainly some docs are stuck as you say, ...Ignatz, certainly some docs are stuck as you say, particularly recent grads. Physicians my age (low 50s) may have a lot more choices in how they order their professional life. American specialists may make more than Europeans, but primary care docs are about the same now. We will see, but I don't think the overall response will be as static as you think.IMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-5155196833182778622010-06-18T12:41:16.237-05:002010-06-18T12:41:16.237-05:00Don't count on the doc fix anytime soon. With ...Don't count on the doc fix anytime soon. With the "don't let a crisis go to waste" mentality in DC, expect politicians on both sides to exploit the issue. The Feds have slammed the door on the medical profession. Physicians will be caught in the middle of an intense political battle.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01242543447172300332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-71126999338094467122010-06-18T12:22:10.840-05:002010-06-18T12:22:10.840-05:00Well, the AMA supported the Heath Care bill with t...Well, the AMA supported the Heath Care bill with the cuts because that was one of the "tricks" to make the numbers work. Everyone assumed that Congress would put the money back in once the bill passed. Oops. Funny thing is, I don't remember either the AMA, hospitals or AARP complaining about the cuts or lobbying against the bill. Reap what you sow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-2942941420752740162010-06-18T12:18:04.937-05:002010-06-18T12:18:04.937-05:00And yet another segment of the population learns a...And yet another segment of the population learns a universal law of economics:<br /><br />Price controls don't work.<br /><br />Think about that when you look at proposals to limit interchange fees or overdraft fees for banking, gasoline or oil prices, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-77734076512992923152010-06-18T12:07:49.341-05:002010-06-18T12:07:49.341-05:00Doctors are among the most highly compensated prof...Doctors are among the most highly compensated professionals, receiving far more than comparable european docs. They are all levered up to run their spiffy lifesyles -- and certainly have no professional alternative that pays more than clinical medicine. Far more highly qualified people apply to med school than can be accepted. Most docs can't survive w/ medicare patients. As taxpayers andIgnatz Sammelweissnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-51763909839568218822010-06-18T10:50:40.405-05:002010-06-18T10:50:40.405-05:00I think you speak for many in the community Wes. I...I think you speak for many in the community Wes. It was so moving we linked to your post from our coverage of the story today:<br /><br />http://physiciansmoneydigest.net<br /><br />Keep up the great work!Physician's Money Digesthttp://www.pmdlive.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-4244183697842911202010-06-18T09:59:37.913-05:002010-06-18T09:59:37.913-05:00Hello Wes,
I'm one of those community physicia...Hello Wes,<br />I'm one of those community physicians who won't have much left after overhead with the medicare cuts. If the cuts go through, I may have to bail out as a Medicare 'provider' and I'm still in disbelief. I have a big skin cancer practice, my patients and I are aging together and I can't imagine practicing off Medicare. My profit margin simply doesn't cynthia bailey mdhttp://www.otbskincare.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-60982634850344214442010-06-18T09:46:17.450-05:002010-06-18T09:46:17.450-05:00I look at the cuts going through as an incredibly ...I look at the cuts going through as an incredibly opportunity to turn health care into an opportunity to thrive.<br /><br />Patients with money will pony up. Those without go to the ER.<br /><br />Just make sure you resign your hospital privileges and stick to a cash only clinic. <br /><br />What? Your patient needs a heart cath? <br /><br />Send them to the ER. I'm sure we could train anThe Happy Hospitalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14392872203166584371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-58022031767226352842010-06-18T09:28:30.111-05:002010-06-18T09:28:30.111-05:00What's most remarkable about this post, Wes, i...What's most remarkable about this post, Wes, is your palpable sense of despondency. All well put.DrVhttp://33charts.comnoreply@blogger.com