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I'd like to be clear to a prior PP that I am absolutely certain my family was of a lower social class than theirs was. Unless you also feel through a tired floor in your bedroom and had an outhouse instead of indoor plumbing, that is.

I'm one of those pediatricians who stupidly tries to avoid in-clinic procedures on kids if I can, despite the fact that I could be billing much higher.[/quote]

And how did you pay for med school?

The military is an option, but the physical cutoff is actually quite challenging. [/quote]

Scholarship and a combined degree program where I could teach in my graduate field for a tuition waiver.

Why do you ask?[/quote]

So you got an MD/PhD, sure that’s one way to pay for it. But for most students that a huge long shot. [/quote]

Why are you saying things that you know nothing about?  
It’s not a huge long shot.  It’s a huge time commitment and a ton of work and it usually doesn’t make any financial sense if you run the numbers.  4 years of medical school tuition is less than 4-5 years of attending physician salary that you are losing while getting your PhD.  
Only really dedicated people go this route.  
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I worked in a teaching hospital with a lot of physician-scientists and I have tremendous respect for them. We had residents in our lab every year who did 1 or 2 year research fellowships. Every year they spend in their research training is a year of lost MD-level income.
And physicians who work at the NIH make cutting edge discoveries but trade in private-sector salaries.[/quote]

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