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To Betty you are correct. I am an anesthesiologist. Friends of mine have hundreds of thousands of dollars in loans. We all pay many thousands of dollars for malpractice insurance. Nobody is suggesting that we reform medical education, or the malpractice system. Funny that most of the people crafting health care reform are Lawyers. Adjusted for inflation physicians have never made less. I have 150000.00 in loans from medical school. I work 70 hours a week providing what would otherwise be lethal combinations of medications without my expertise. Cases ranging from pediatric cardiac, liver transplantation, neurosurgery etc. All for the reasonable sum of three hundred thousand dollars. Before taxes. Am I wealthy and deserving of public disdain? I feel that I provide a critical service. I have paid my dues. I have not won the lottery of life as some suggest. I made choices starting in 7th grade that I would commit myself to a life of academics rather than partying with my friends. Gone are the days that the local physician was a respected member of the community. What will be the solution if medical enrollment declines. Will BO's brown shirt "paid volunteers" fill the gap?
By Charles

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