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Originally Posted by Russ_Boston
I agree with that.
You could also say "if being a doctor is that aggravating then do something else".
Every profession has its issues. Either fix them, deal with them or QUIT!
This is coming from someone who IS doing something about it. As you know I'm leaving my current profession of 30 years and going to nursing school for my RN. Will I be happier? Who knows, but I'm trying to alter my path instead of just saying how bad i have it. We make our own destines in life.
Whew, that felt good.
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Although I suspect most practicing physicians have days when "quitting" crosses their minds the vast majority do NOT quit for many reasons, not the least of which is a devotion to medicine. Remember, at THE VERY LEAST, all practicing physicians have 11 years of education after high school invested in their profession. The true practice of medicine is rewarding beyond description. Unfortunately, the lay public isn't aware of the medicao-legal and 3rd party (insurance companies... especially Medicare) intrusion into and near destruction of what the practice of medicine once was. Now, when a doctor thinks a study or procedure is indicated, he/she has to get "prior authorization"... which means essentially begging some non-physician functionary to allow the procedure. It wastes hours daily and comes right out of the doctors pocket. Most offices have had to hire personnel just to do prior auths. That's just one very annoying thing your doctor puts up with,day in and day out. The cost to do the mountains of paperwork to practice is breaking the backs of most practices. Medicare has over 100,000 pages of guidelines for doctors on how to document correctly to avoid a problemmatic audit. You, the patient, gets lost in this mess and now the system is imploding. It's been sad to watch this happen.