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> Sorry I feel your pain but medical costs are out of control and you’re part of the problem. To put things in perspective, physician salaries are less than 10
by SkyPuncher 7y ago
> Sorry I feel your pain but medical costs are out of control and you’re part of the problem.
To put things in perspective, physician salaries are less than 10% healthcare costs. A 25% decrease in salaries would only lead to a 2.5% change in healthcare costs.
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There are a lot of reasons healthcare is expensive. Most of those come down to processes and practices that are out of the hands of individual physicians.
- bart_spoon 7y agoThat’s actually an ton. For all of the heat big pharma takes regarding drug prices, the spending on prescription drugs is like 8%. Meaning the entirety of the costs of the pharmaceutical industry is less than just what we are paying for physician salaries.
- SkyPuncher 7y agoIMO, pharmaceuticals aren't the problem either. Most drugs aren't outrageously priced (or have well priced generics). The hysteria over drug prices typically seems to revolve around a small set of outrageous cases. My opinion is insurance as the primary billing method is almost exclusively responsible driving up costs. It adds a ton of complexity and admin work while discouraging general improvements to care.