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[quote=Anonymous]This all started way before Obamacare. The other pp was correct, drs don't actually make that much money after all is said and done. I used to manage medical practices, for every 1 doc you need at least 3 employees; a nurse and 2 front staff to handle all the paperwork and patients/ phones. That's 3 salaries. Plus malpractice is huge, add in rent (esp our area) and you are looking at very slim profits for someone who works avg 60 hours/ week, very little vacation time, and almost no sick days (they have patients scheduled after all!). 
This is why you are seeing less and less single doc practices. Don't forget the pharmaceutical companies are charging the docs more for the vaccines/drugs than most insurance will pay for. So your ped is actually losing $ on some of the vaccines for your kids, but they know they have to offer the, or you will go elsewhere! 
HMO's dicitacte the length of some office visits to 15 minutes, anything over that the doc is losing $. 
The people making the $ are the ins companies, the malpractice lawyers, and the Pharma companies [/quote]

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