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Old 10-27-2023, 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by kingofbeer View Post
My understanding is that the rate of pay for medical doctors in our area is low and that explains why doctors do not want to work here. I had a long conversation with someone in the medical field who works in Virginia because they are paid twice as much there.
That's bc the cost of living in VA is much higher than in central FL. The rate of reimbursement in PPOs even varies between the central business district of a large city (where the rent is high and you have to pay staff more) and the distant suburbs of that same city.