People who want to get paid for their work are greedy *******s!

Imagine that!  Some doctors...you know...the ones who have rent to pay and staff payroll to meet and malpractice insurance premiums to pay...don't want to take SOME patients who have already proven themselves to be deadbeats at OTHER doctors' practices.  Really...the nerve.

I think we should ALL work for people who may or may not pay us...especially when we know those people haven't paid the LAST people who worked for them.  Right.

Sue....can I borrow $50?  I need to pay someone else back...

teehee

 Susan,  not normally this *****y but when someone says mean things about Nicci of all people....brings out my evil twin....

You evil *****ooops my bad, I meant evil twin.

My PCP is a kid who isn't 40 yet...he has three kids and his home is mortgaged to the hilt to keep his new practice afloat.  I don't get why people think that everyone who made it through medical school OWES them something.  Life and death emergency?  Probably...but ongoing care they obviously did NOT plan well enough for, not so much.

My ex is a physician and most people have the misconception that they start making all this money right out of medical school.  Malpractice insurance is expensive and, even with scholarships, he had over $60k in student loans when he graduated.

In addition to the practice start up costs, staff payroll, employee benefits, etc., there's pressure from some HMOs and insurance companies requiring lower and lower negotiated rates.  Plus, there's the overall sensitivity to the need for physicians to keep costs at least reasonably affordable for people and it gets to be almost a losing proposition for a solo practitioner.

My ex ended up moving into Healthcare Administration because he got tired of having to charge off deadbeat accounts due to non-payment and working longer and longer hours, seeing more and more patients - some of whom seemed to believe he was their personal 'concierge' physician.