Cutting doc pay? IS THE EASY PART! 😂
Now, imagine cutting nurses pay 33%. Or Med techs. Or PAs. And all the ancillary staff, including secretaries and administrators.
All of their pay would have to drop.
Docs are the tip of the spear. Nothing more.
They aren't the only employees involved.
My group has SEVENTY ancillary staff. They'd all have to cut their pay too to make this work. Many would lose their jobs.
Same with hospitals:you think you could magically maintain staffing pay at current levels, with a 40% cut?
Everyone downstream would take that pay hit...if they kept their jobs at all.
Cutting a secretary who makes $18/hour in half...how do liberals like the idea of that? Because that is what they are proposing.
"Cutting doctors’ take-home pay would not really solve the American cost crisis."
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And Uwe was not exactly a conservative leader on health care...but he did have immense common sense.
That is why I am prepared.
I could literally quit tomorrow. Sure, I'd make a lot less money, but I'd survive. I can tell you that I wouldn't work my current hours for 1/2 the pay.
Because...I guarantee you'd see a massive reduction in productivity. There is no way you could maintain the high productivity rate in health care we have today.
Good luck with that.
Its not just us 'rich' doctors that would have to pay the price.
The worst part isn't that you would demoralize and cause dysfunction among HC professionals.
The worst part is...you'd probably wipe out 10-20% of hospitals that currently exist.
How would they fare under a system that cuts reimbursements 40%?
You don't need to be an economist to answer that question.
Which is fine...except...there goes your cost savings.
We are costlier because we pay our people more, and our hospitals are more expensive to run, than many hospitals around the world.
As far as reality...consumers would have to quickly face a system that may be decent, but is not anywhere near the system they have today.
As always...everything is about trade offs.