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- Jun 6, 2010
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My father was a neurosurgeon. My brother is a neurosurgeon.
How much is it worth to you to have a guy save your life, by digging around in your head, cauterizing this, cutting that, removing that blob, sewing this thingy to that thingy, stitching you up, and you still are able to recognize, and USE a fork, and know that pants go on your legs and hats go on your head?
Their annual malpractice premiums cost more than your house. Let that soak in......they buy the equivalent of your house, and pay it off, EVERY YEAR< just to make a living.
And each are/were (my father has passed) considered to be the absolute best risk their insurance providers could take, so their premiums were the lowest that were offered.
The first $500,000 a surgeon makes each year goes to pay his overhead (insurance and office staff. For highly specialized surgeons like neuro and cardio, make it $750,000). It doesn't even scratch the surface of what they invested, and it doesn't put an ounce of food on the table.
With tort reform, an operation my brother currently charges $48,000 for would fall to about $25,000.
How much is it worth to you to have a guy save your life, by digging around in your head, cauterizing this, cutting that, removing that blob, sewing this thingy to that thingy, stitching you up, and you still are able to recognize, and USE a fork, and know that pants go on your legs and hats go on your head?
Their annual malpractice premiums cost more than your house. Let that soak in......they buy the equivalent of your house, and pay it off, EVERY YEAR< just to make a living.
And each are/were (my father has passed) considered to be the absolute best risk their insurance providers could take, so their premiums were the lowest that were offered.
The first $500,000 a surgeon makes each year goes to pay his overhead (insurance and office staff. For highly specialized surgeons like neuro and cardio, make it $750,000). It doesn't even scratch the surface of what they invested, and it doesn't put an ounce of food on the table.
With tort reform, an operation my brother currently charges $48,000 for would fall to about $25,000.