Did you know that a threat of public exposure, a threat of a lawsuit, is still the biggest motivator for the medical personnel as well, so as ” a good rule” never go to see a doctor alone, do see two at least, and always try to take a loud mouthed wittness as well with you.. for you will likley next get better care..

With the comfort we receive we tend to comfort other… but not always??? I know that Doctors and nurses, dieticians could do a lot better job at it.. For sure! Now also unacceptably we all next sadly we tend to find out how good good the medical system is in reality when we really need it and next much too late now too, and why too?

The still unacceptable waiting in the local emergency ward, doctor’s office.. Most sick People generally still do have to go to the emergency department over any where else cause that is the only place where they can do a decent medical test more quickly too.. and that is if you can get in pass the medical security gaurd, the head triage nurse..

May I also remind you that even a dozen hired nurses do not compensate for one medical doctor still too..

Heart-wrenching drops in Medicare payments (on which all other payments are based), medical-sector inflation and managed care have brought many – if not most – specialty practices (the fix-it doctors) to their knees. It is not a question of how long we went to school, how long are our hours or what kind of car we drive. It is now a question of keeping our doors open, paying our employees a living wage and often working month by month with no say whatsoever of how we get paid, how much and when.

And insurance, not to whine, IS a big issue. I for instance know one specialist who has to pay over $90,000 in extra insurance (in case someone sues him AFTER he leaves) just to quit a job which is at this point actually costing him money.

Your comments may have been occasionally valid 25 years ago, but I do not recall hearing much complaining then. Please keep your opinions current and they will carry you further.

I understand a physicians job is stressful, so are many other professions, however in my experiences with medical professionals, the RNs, LPNs, CNA’s, General Nurse Practitioners, etc are the actual people in contact with the public and bearing the burden of stresses far more often than the doctor himself.

I’m not sure I understand your third statement, but it sounds to me like you are suggesting that the value of a profession is defined by how much the profession pays. Also if respect is earned by holding a job title, then we have truly lost touch with reality. Yes, there are professions that are respectable to be in, as well there are some that are not very respectable jobs such as a repo or mercenary. It sounds like you are tying to say that a physician is more respectable than say a crew chief or avionics tech in the military, or an EMT or a bank teller or a public safety officer, etc. I just can’t agree with any of that. I don’t see any one job being of more value or respectable than any other (with those few exceptions) since the person holding the job is what brings respect or disgrace to the profession, not vice versa.

Your last statement I agree with in as much there should be consequences for filing frivolous lawsuits, thereby burdening the system. The ACLU comes to mind. There should be restrictions against filing lawsuits just to get rich, such as that of some malpractice suits and a good example is the lady that won a suit against McDonalds for burning her lap with hot coffee in their drive-thru. Some laws have gone into effect to address this issue such as the cap of $100,000 on medical malpractice suits in Florida, however this is a too broad based law and though a friend of mine died from MRSA due to “dirty” steel pins put in her broken leg, her family could not hire a lawyer who would take the case because the end result would be a percentage of the $100,000 going to the lawyer and fees and the rest to the family. In essence it was “unprofitable” and a waste of time and resources for the law firms, so the family lost a daughter to a staff infection caused by the hospital with zero compensation. There are literally thousands of these examples in the medical field alone, all because someone cared more about the paycheck at the end of the week than they did about their job, and being the best at their job. its called lack of work ethics and here it comes…they lack respect because they bring disgrace to their profession (in that incident).

I hope you understand that there is good and bad in all professions and I am not saying all doctors are bad, or all are good. The reason for my post was to express my concerns about certain ones griping about their lack of pay when they make over $100,000 a year, and their exorbitant expenses instead of just being good doctors or “the best at what they do.” It was a reflection on Doctors leaving the profession because malpractice insurance was too high. As we discussed here, the high rates are not the sole fault of the doctor, or the insurer, its a combination of frivolous suits, insurance companies ripping off professionals and some doctors who are only about the money and the luxurious lifestyle it allows them to lead.

1- The doctor/s spend very lengthy years in medical school then residency then fellowships before earning that money. They take tons of tests. They have to spend a lot of their lifetime sacrified for reading (their career). Is that the regular lifestyle of others that you compare with?

2- The doctor/s job is highly stressfull. Not only in caring for patients medically or for the long and odd working hours but being patient with some difficult patients and families. Doctors are also managers to the entire staffs.

3- The value of any profession should go in parallel with its earnings. A physician job was always a highly respected profession by its nature.

4- A balance should be kept to protect the rights of patients and their reasonable compensation and … a possible punishment for a lawyer and a plaintiff in frivilous suits as well.