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[quote=Anonymous]I disagree that doctors as a whole make too much -- med school is insanely expensive and an arduous education, especially when you add residency and fellowships to it. I don't think most doctors are overpaid. I definitely don't think internists, pediatricians, or ER docs are overpaid. Some of them are underpaid when you consider the stress of their jobs.

*Some* specialists are overpaid, and our healthcare system also has some messed up priorities that result in excessive referrals to specialists, increasing overall healthcare costs. An example would be that all ortho issues are referred to orthopedic surgeons even if there is no indication for surgery. I have been seeing an orthopedic surgeon for 15 years for back and pelvic issues but have never had surgery. The surgeon takes scans, prescribes meds, and refers me for PT with specific instructions. I don't understand why a surgeon must do this, but they do.

What is annoying is that my insurance pays a premium for these visits to my ortho, but caps the number of PT visits they'll cover, when it's really the PT who is helping me the most, since my issues are non-surgical. I would love to stop seeing the ortho, get my scans done by a tech instead of at the orthos office, and have them sent to my PT, and then get more PT sessions covered by insurance. But this is not an option available to me.[/quote]

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