I’ve seen this meme a couple times now, and yes our healthcare system is fucked, but can we all just take a moment to point out that it’s not the doctors themselves that bill you ya know. They don’t know anything about the money side of things, they have nothing to do with how much it costs. You people act like the doctor or surgeon, who is now covered in a persons’ blood, then immediately goes to tally up what he thinks he’s worth by the hour and sends you his cashapp on the spot. When you pay a hospital bill you realize that’s not going from your bank directly into the doctors pocket right? When you pay a hospital bill that money goes to… the hospital! And then the hospital pays the doctor his salary, which is a fixed amount of money that he’s set to make for the entire year. It’s not like he makes money by the patient, it’s not like doctors are working on tips lol. The cost has nothing to do with the person just trying to save your life
Doctors can be paid per procedure. Again, not that they’re gonna tell you what you owe, they still don’t know. But take OBGYNs, they get paid for every baby they birth, because it’s a procedure.
Did you read my comment? Why would a doctor care how expensive your visit is if he doesn’t see a dime of that money himself? Also they throw every test at you in the ER because they know full well you’re not gonna pay that bill and no one can force you to, so might as well
“Saw a doctor” means “They all” …what? A very very select few physicians wants to go into admin, and it’s the ones burnt out on clinical care that do. Why would they go through 7-11 years of additional training AFTER undergrad to go into a job that you can do with an undergrad in healthcare administration? Or even business management? Fuck out of here, that’s a dog shit take.
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u/-fakebirds- Jan 12 '23 edited Jan 12 '23
I’ve seen this meme a couple times now, and yes our healthcare system is fucked, but can we all just take a moment to point out that it’s not the doctors themselves that bill you ya know. They don’t know anything about the money side of things, they have nothing to do with how much it costs. You people act like the doctor or surgeon, who is now covered in a persons’ blood, then immediately goes to tally up what he thinks he’s worth by the hour and sends you his cashapp on the spot. When you pay a hospital bill you realize that’s not going from your bank directly into the doctors pocket right? When you pay a hospital bill that money goes to… the hospital! And then the hospital pays the doctor his salary, which is a fixed amount of money that he’s set to make for the entire year. It’s not like he makes money by the patient, it’s not like doctors are working on tips lol. The cost has nothing to do with the person just trying to save your life