Comment on This Doctor Won’t Take Health Insurance - and Charges Just $35 a Visit | AJ+ (5:46)

massive_bereavement@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• maccentric@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  It’s not per hour, it’s per visit. I’ve rarely seen a regular doctor for more than 10 minutes at a time (typically it’s less than 5).

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  • massive_bereavement@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Yeah, I eventually realized that most family physicians take about 15 minutes per patient, so yeah I guess probably not 35 but still..

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    • Croquette@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      4 patients an hour is still 140$/h.

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      • OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Honestly, if you bump that up to 6 patients an hour that’s just $210/hour, even if the booked up 100% of the time. That doesn’t seem like enough to run an entire practice.

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• LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Maybe he saved up enough from his 4 years of being a doctor out in the mainstream system, and he invested his six-figure earnings from those 4 years, and he’s living in a modest home, driving a modest car and living within his means. Not wealthy. But surviving okay.

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  • massive_bereavement@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Is he having avocado toast though?

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    • LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Nope. He knows better. When you make great sacrifices for the greater good, you sacrifice much. He lives on beans and rice.

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• Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Yeah I charge 50€/h (incl. VAT) as an home improvement contractor and it’s a fair price. For 35€/h I’d be basically doing charity.

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  • Croquette@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    A doctor can usually see 4 patients an hour. So that’s 140$/h, not 35$/h.

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  • Miaou@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    You actually do more than just sit there and sign prescriptions and forms however

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