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Old 03-30-2012, 05:47 AM
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Research is always good. I'm trying to find an internist who was educated in the USA. Why are they so hard to find? Don't they really want to practice in the Villages? Why is it a drawing card for only foreigners? The University of Miami graduates many excellent doctors, but they don't stay on in Florida. What's wrong?
Doctor's education can be $200k to $500k in the US. A lot of Florida resident are on Medicare only. Medicare does not pay enough to pay their basic expenses. Throw in the Medicad patient and it is worse. Then many of the patients are "part time". With student loans being $$$ they go where the "money is".