ITT: people who assume doctors are accountants and go home in their sports car every night to tweak their prices and count the stacks of 100s they made that day

ITT: people who assume doctors are accountants and go home in their sports car every night to tweak their prices and count the stacks of 100s they made that day The reality is is doctors often have no control over cost. Yes, if you are the increasingly rare private group that is physician owned you do but certainly not if you are employed. These are 100% set by the bean counters who are paid twice my salary and have no idea about what we do on a day-to-day basis. I have no idea what my services cost and for ethical reasons I don't want to. That inflicts bias and can lead to misdiagnosis. I sacrificed 10 years of my life and took on over $275,000 of debt that continues to grow thanks to compound interest. I live in an average house and drive an average car because I have this debt to pay back. Daily I am responsible for not harming dozens of patients while trying to make their lives better. With each decision I make I have the risk of being sued and losing everything I have worked for. All the while, my mid-level providers work relatively liability free because they work under my license and their mistakes are on my back. Adminstration pushes for higher numbers of patients andmore uncompensated work. When was the last time you spoke to a lawyer on the phone or had them complete a 5 page document for free? Think twice before you criticize doctors and the sacrifices we have made. I didn't do this for the money, I assure you.