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Re:Franz Kafka Was a Health Insurance Administrator by FireBeyond on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @01:41PM (#36974189)
> Doctors are paid the same as software engineers

The average physician salary in 2023 is $352K. I wouldn't say that.

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Re:Franz Kafka Was a Health Insurance Administrator by analog31 on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @05:17PM (#36977633)
Are salaries the only source of income that they derive from the medical industry? My doctor is a part owner of his provider network which also is the insurer.
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Re:Franz Kafka Was a Health Insurance Administrator by FireBeyond on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @05:26PM (#36977768)
Don't even start me on diagnostic imaging.

The big DI manufacturers have consulting arms that will help physicians with financing to buy CTs, MRI, PET, that will help them obtain Certificates of Need.

And having a hard time finding it now, but physicians who own a share in a DI lab tend to refer their patients for imaging far more generously than those who don't...

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