[goseminoles]

I know right? They make on average 200,000, surgeons close to 400,000. They ain’t going anywhere..

[chrisser]

They make on average 200,000, surgeons close to 400,000

Is that before or after they pay their malpractice insurance?

This article from 2005 states that the average cost of malpractice insurance was from around $60k to $145k depending on the specialty and the state.

http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/health/hospitals-2005-malpractice-insurance-affecting-our-doctors/

[svcw]

Are you talking net or gross?
Even if it is net, not very much for the amount of work it takes to earn an MD.

[Mom MD]

While I make a good living I have only once reached 200k in the last few years. DH and I pay 6 figures in federal tax alone. We get no help with college etc. (not that I want it). To make that amount I work 14 hour days. I work nights weekends and holidays. It’s not the cakewalk you imagine. My income is being cut yearly. Some of my friends are down 40% in income over the past few years

Most of us have undergrad degrees in other areas (DH in chemical engineering). While I might not make as much doing something else, the change in lifestyle and decreased tax burden would be enticing. Plus there would not be the worry that everyone I see during the day could sue me and cause years of lawyers and misery. Don’t be so sure that Obamacare
Won’t be the straw that breaks the camels back. Most of us are looking for an exit strategy anyway

[kcvl]

The average medical malpractice insurance premium is now over $150,000 for obstetricians and neurosurgeons. That doesn't include office rent and overhead such as nurses, receptionist, insurance billing, etc. They don't’ take home anywhere near what you think they do. It is certainly not $200,000 - $400,000 dollars.

[MrEdd]

Funny. A church in our area just sent three of them to work in a mission clinic in Asia.

I guess if money is your goal, you could argue that asia isn’t anywhere.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: They make on average 200,000, surgeons close to 400,000. They ain’t going anywhere..

And how much do they have to pay for MAL-PRACTICE INSURANCE?

I have a NYC gastro-enterologist who tells me he pays something like $120,000 for mal-practice insurance alone.

[RoadGumby]

Nice little bit of class envy there. If it is so lucrative, become a dr and then tell us more about how good it is.