Mayo Clinic in Arizona to Stop Treating Some Medicare Patients

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By the way, 1/10 of that amount would still be $150/hour. How many of their patients make $150/hour? Or even $30/hour? Or even $20/hour?

So are you advocating that everyone be paid the same?

Should a doctor and a fry cook at McDonalds be paid the same hourly rate?

Or should everyone be charged according to their means?

You are sounding a little socialist here, Ken.

Are you about to make another political switch?

 

[Deacon]

Cardiologists Sue Federal Government Over Proposed Medicare Payment Cuts

If the American College of Cardiology isn’t successful in getting an injunction against the federal government to put the [36%] cuts on hold, private-practice cardiologists say they have no choice but to drastically scale back tests on patients, reduce the number of Medicare patients they treat and lay off employees.

Rob

 

[KenH]

1) So are you advocating that everyone be paid the same?

2) Should a doctor and a fry cook at McDonalds be paid the same hourly rate?

1) I am advocating no such thing.

2) No.

 

[KenH]

A comprehensive physical could involve numerous tests, lab fees, etc. and could require the patient to stay for a few days.

That's why I asked way back early in this thread - before you started bashing me - the following: "How much time is this for a doctor - an hour in total?"

You could have simply answered my question instead of trying to turn this thread into a "Bash KenH Fest".