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My sister is a highly skilled cancer doctor. She just retired at the age of 56. She didn't even finish her residency until she was 30, and she put herself through school (with the help of her husband, school loans, etc). <br> <br> What does she get for being a "lucky one"? Because she makes good money, she lost all of her standard deductions and exemptions for her income tax returns. She has no debt and no fancy investments that reduce her tax burden. So she pays the full rate. I don't consider it fair she doesn't even get her personal exemptions and standard deductiosn like everyone else. That is not equal taxation.<br> <br> Then medicare and medicaid. She usually gets only 7 to 10% of the BILLED amount for a Medicaid patient. We figured out that works out to about $7 per hour that she gets paid hardly anything to treat an indigent patient for their cancer. This doesn't even cover her malpractice insurance for that particular patient. <br> <br> How is this not "giving back" since the government refuses to pay the other 93% of the cost to treat this patient? About half of her uninsured/Medicaid patients are truly poor and could not truly afford the health insurance premiums, and the other half were just too selfish and/or lazy to pay for their own coverage, instead relying on the system to cover their costs. It is very frustrating that their own irresponsibility then gets imposed on my sister.<br> <br> She retired recently rather than face nationalized health care. But here is the kicker, she voted for OBAMA because she is one of those high income liberals. Go figure. That is the ultimate irony.
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