Just your friendly reminder that if you died today, your big hospital would replace you tomorrow.
But your family and friends couldnβt.
Make sure to have those priorities straight.
#MedTwitter
Healthcare isnβt expensive.
Bureaucracy is.
Physicians, nurses, and clinical staff are underpaid relative to the value they deliver.
The real cost drivers?
Health system monopolies,
bloated administrative salaries,
and vertical consolidation that forces employers and patients into higher premiums and worse care.
Break the monopoly.
Restore competition.
Bring back physician autonomy.
#healthcare
If you think physicians are overpaid, maybe you should take the necessary course work in undergrad, take and pass the MCAT, apply for med schools, pay hundreds of thousands for tuition, learn for 4 years in a very high pressure learning environment, then pay thousands more to apply for a training job that you may or may not get, then if you do get it, you get to work 80 hours a week making $15/hour for 3 - 9 years wherein more than one day off in a row is a rarity, all the while many normal life events and processes get pushed to the side, then you FINALLY get a βrealβ job thatβll pay very well but youβll realize your patients are not your customers (the insurance companies are), they are the product, and youβll realize you have a lot to learn about the business of medicine in order to advocate for your patients and for yourself in order to be okay.
Then YOU can say βno thanks I donβt deserve to make that much.β
Or you can just skip all of that, realize now that the insurance and hospital system complexes are trying to hoodwink you, and appreciate the life work and care physicians commit to all of us, recognizing that while all things in medicine play a role in what we see today, physicians themselves are not the villain.
They are on our side.
@seanluomdphd@olsonplanner And why should they be paid even close to what an average physician makes? They donβt go through nearly the same amount of training yet get to make important medical decisions.
@olsonplanner So if my app is still pending, I call to see if they can cancel it so I can switch to PAYE or IBR? What do you mean by facilitating the PDF upload? Sorry if this sounds like a boneheaded question. I am in forbearance but Iβd love to get started on this