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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]with shrinking reimbursements and escalating rent, utilities, insurance, etc, most pediatricians (who take insurance) in DC are lucky to clear 100K/year.  Internists do slightly better in this area but the large majority of them make under 150K.   This is after 7 years of post graduate training and medical school at upwards of 75k/year (tuition only) at the area (G town, GW) medical schools.   
No wonder physicians in primary care are charging a few dollars for filling out a form.  It takes up their time and they deserve to be compensated for their time.  Would you expect an attorney to do paperwork for free?  Or a plumber to do a quick repair for nothing?  I don't get why patients expect this of physicians.

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I get that you're a doctor, and I'm sorry for you because I have siblings who specifically did not move to DC because they would be taking a huge paycutt, but (a) you have options - freaking move somewhere like Atlanta, where physicians are making TONS of money and (b) OP was asking about her OB, not her pediatrician or primary care doctor, so your little rant is totally irrelevant.[/quote]

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