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I can't put it better than this comment: doctors will love the AMA, no matter what it does. Their software vendor charging an $18/month is a pittance. It dict
by refulgentis 2y ago
I can't put it better than this comment: doctors will love the AMA, no matter what it does.
Their software vendor charging an $18/month is a pittance.
It dictates school credentials and # of seats, keeping doctors supply-constrained.
This works out from a doctor's perspective. It guarantees $400K/year or whatever you want to negotiate (ex. $280K/year for working 2 weeks on 2 weeks off, or $500/hour for 4 days for 2 weeks so the other 2 weeks, you can pick up locums shifts 2 hours away for $700/hr).
They also keep doctors informed that without this, they'd be conscripted to work 80 hour weeks for $70K.
(all of this is also why there's a long-term secular shift towards nurses, the second thing my doctor friends will do after being defensive about pay is complain about the low standards of education in nursing)
average schoolteacher salary according to Google
- jrh3 2y agoThe AMA keeps the quacks out, to say the least. I know this is not a popular stance on HN.
- refulgentis 2y ago> The AMA keeps the quacks out, to say the least. I'm sure it does! That's a very important function I am grateful. > I know this is not a popular stance on HN. You think so? I think keeping quacks out of medicine is popular. shrugs
- jrh3 2y agoNo, the AMA, though not perfect, is an excellent organization that benefits our healthcare.
- wffurr 2y ago>> they'd be forced to work 80 hour weeks for $70K. (average schoolteacher salary). That’s crazy and a terrible reason for the AMA. The correct way to solve this problem, for both schoolteachers and doctors, is with a union.
- refulgentis 2y agoFWIW I agree, I'm being dry with that. It's easier to disagree these days by presenting a simulacrum of agreeing, and explicitly point out what was said that I am agreeing with, rather than trying to disprove a hypothetical or claim hysteria Also, you make an interesting layered point, took me a few minutes to realize the layer of irony that this broad claim of forced, dystopian, working conditions is set in democracies that retain a seat for workers / unions, unlike the US. ex. NHS strikes are a semi regular concern.
- locumslol 2y agoLocums shifts for $500-$700/hr? Really?
- refulgentis 2y agoClaimed, yeah, anesthetist in SW US in small small town. (Wouldn't shock me to hear they're exaggerating btw, my experience is people are puerile, and it's absolutely possible they're telling tall tales to brag while I don't have a job)