I'd love a good riot against Physicians in 2021. 2 centuries of corruption has lined their pockets and caused the rest of us to avoid medical care. I say this as I'm married to a doctor taking home 200-250k/yr. I don't mind shooting myself in the foot to save life.
I would look up the ladder before blaming physicians. It's not the high salary of the doctor that's inflated the cost of medical care. It's insurance, middlemen, overpaid administrators, and the general move to for-profit medicine that's to blame in my experience. Doctors make good money, but they also go through 8 years of expensive schooling to get there and are often just making ends meet for years after school.
The 1788 Doctors' Riot
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#12I'd love a good riot against Physicians in 2021. 2 centuries of corruption has lined their pockets and caused the rest of us to avoid medical care. I say this as I'm married to a doctor taking home 200-250k/yr. I don't mind shooting myself in the foot to save life.
I would look up the ladder before blaming physicians. It's not the high salary of the doctor that's inflated the cost of medical care. It's insurance, middlemen, overpaid administrators, and the general move to for-profit medicine that's to blame in my experience. Doctors make good money, but they also go through 8 years of expensive schooling to get there and are often just making ends meet for years after school.
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#13I was surprised not to see any mention of Burke & Hare under the “See Also” section: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burke_and_Hare_murders These guys started out doing roughly the same as those doctors - robbing freshly dug graves for anatomical study - but they moved on to killing to provide the bodies instead. Pretty grim
Edit: that facial reconstruction of William Burke is really interesting.
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#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
I would look up the ladder before blaming physicians. It's not the high salary of the doctor that's inflated the cost of medical care. It's insurance, middlemen, overpaid administrators, and the general move to for-profit medicine that's to blame in my experience. Doctors make good money, but they also go through 8 years of expensive schooling to get there and are often just making ends meet for years after school.
Where did you see that years of education "should" or in general "do" lead to higher salaries lol ?
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#15I'd love a good riot against Physicians in 2021. 2 centuries of corruption has lined their pockets and caused the rest of us to avoid medical care. I say this as I'm married to a doctor taking home 200-250k/yr. I don't mind shooting myself in the foot to save life.
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#16No doctors actually rioted; thus the title words Doctors' Riot seems strange
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#17No doctors actually rioted; thus the title words Doctors' Riot seems strange
I agree. The implication is the opposite of reality, and I can't help but feel it's intentional.
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#18I was surprised not to see any mention of Burke & Hare under the “See Also” section: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burke_and_Hare_murders These guys started out doing roughly the same as those doctors - robbing freshly dug graves for anatomical study - but they moved on to killing to provide the bodies instead. Pretty grim
Wasn't H. H. Holmes also accused of this? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H_H_Holmes)
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#19I was surprised not to see any mention of Burke & Hare under the “See Also” section: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burke_and_Hare_murders These guys started out doing roughly the same as those doctors - robbing freshly dug graves for anatomical study - but they moved on to killing to provide the bodies instead. Pretty grim
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#20I was surprised not to see any mention of Burke & Hare under the “See Also” section: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burke_and_Hare_murders These guys started out doing roughly the same as those doctors - robbing freshly dug graves for anatomical study - but they moved on to killing to provide the bodies instead. Pretty grim
It's there now! Was added after you wrote this and before I read your comment.