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The numbers I've listed are salary. Most doctors have health insurance paid for by their employer, so their total compensation (including health benefits) is li
by yummyfajitas 10y ago
The numbers I've listed are salary. Most doctors have health insurance paid for by their employer, so their total compensation (including health benefits) is likely higher.
I linked to numbers elsewhere in this thread showing that cost of living is higher in the UK.
- sampo 10y agoHow many US employers provide the kind of health insurance that you don't end up anyway paying over $1000 a year (for a family) in all kinds of fees and deductibles and whatever?
- yummyfajitas 10y agoLet me do the math and illustrate that you are arguing about irrelevancies. Let me assume all doctors spend $10,000/year in fees/etc, or 10x the number you suggest. US ER doc: $209,161 - $5,000 = $199,161. UK ER doc: $60,504 - $0 = 60,504. ($57,709 after adjusting for purchasing power, which is lower in the UK.) This really doesn't change my conclusion at all. (PPP factors, salaries are taken from links I've posted in other comments.)
- cylinder 10y ago$1000? At my last job the premiums for this year for a couple with children is $12,000 plus deductibles and coinsurance. The only cheaper option is an HSA+ catastrophic plan which is kind of a joke but they were encouraging us to take it because employee premium was $0. HN will be full of Googlers and startups with funny money who can throw around gold plated plans to their people but in the real world this is how it is, and premiums are getting worse every year.