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Physician fees

By Jay Parkinson, MD

tylerhwillis:
mikehudack:
ilovecharts:
suzany:
Doc, the pain!
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Y’all are barking up the wrong tree on this one…physician salaries are a meager 9% of that $2.5 trillion market. How many physician salaries could one $50,000 heart surgery cost? That’s about a half a year’s salary for one pediatrician.

 

Jay Parkinson, MD, blogs regularly at http://blog.jayparkinsonmd.com/