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FWIW -- I agree with you. Lawyer here who can't fathom why my (not rich; not married to money; not having trust fund) friends are slogging away at non profits for under 6 figures when they could earn 2-3x that in private practice. And in their cases, it's BS non profits that generally give you the feelings of &quot;doing good&quot; but how much are you really accomplishing?? Bit different for MDs -- [b]we NEED people to want to do primary care bc I for one don't want to be seeing NPs and PAs for everything.[/b] If these folks are willing to take one for the team financially to provide care we ALL need -- I wouldn't lecture them on that. But like you -- I personally considered by debt/standard of living etc. when deciding how to move forward educationally and professionally. I'm the one who graduated with 75k in debt and paid it off in 13 years -- super slow bc market returns &gt;&gt; 2.8% interest rates and I wanted the net worth/investments built up fast.[/quote]

You make an entirely valid point. The compensation paid to PCPs is out of whack compared to other specialties but unfortunately that is partly the problem with our reimbursement system. It has resulted in increasing involvement by NPs and PAs with occasionally questionable quality. But that is deflecting from the focus of this thread.

I respect the decision of anyone who chooses to limit earnings potential to do something s/he feels passionate about ....... but then limitations in compensation is part of that equation.

My son was encouraged to pursue a sub-specialty which would have further increased his compensation but he was adamant that he did not want to pursue that field because, as he put it, he would rather quit medicine than work in that area. But there are physicians who pursue that sub-specialty and perform a much needed service for patients.
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