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Originally Posted by Swaggs
For the most part, the doctors who are getting "Paid" are very good businessmen (as well as very good physicians). I would venture to guess that the majority of physicians work in rural locations and/or for universities and get paid considerably less than most people would suspect (and practice for the love of their craft rather than for the money).
I think a mass exodus of doctors, due to a public option, is a Chicken Little scenario. The profession is so well respected/prestigious, reliably pays well, and offers a pretty good lifestyle (for the most part), so I wouldn't expect the quantity or quality of med school applicants to be hurt at all (what you might see is a considerable influx of foreign doctors coming to the U.S. to help offset the increase in patients).
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That's kind of what I'm saying. The idea that we'd see a mass outflux of doctors makes no sense to me.