International Mosaic Down Syndrome Association - Down syndrome Sites & Acknowledgement of Mosaic

20 Oct 2012 6:49 AM

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Blindz

Was totally stuck until I read this, now back up and runinng.

20 Oct 2012 7:00 AM

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Sarah

According to Business Week, in 1975 the avgreae atty made $61,000, and the avgreae doctor made $63,000, in 1975 dollars; by 2000, the avgreae lawyer made $63,000, and the avgreae doctor about $170,000, in 2000 unadjusted dollars.The truth is, the cost of lawyers to the economy has been dropping steadily since 1975. Ballparking the numbers, even though lawyers have increased in number by 50% since 1975, the salaries of individual lawyers, adjusted for inflation, have dropped about 50% over the last 30 years. That means, adjusted for inflation, the aggregate pay of ALL lawyers, combined, has dropped by about 25%. Meanwhile the economy eaked out an economic growth rate around 2% a year for that 25-years, meaning GDP grew about 2/3's adjusted for inflation, and as a percentage of GDP, aggregate lawyer income dropped by 55% relative to the economy. That mean the agrgegate cost of all lawyers in the United States has been shrinking continuoulsy, and is less than it's ever been in our lifetime.Further, since 1993 we've had tort reform acts in about 46 states of the United States, capping attorney's fees and damages. Tell me, which of your insurance or medical bills have gone down in that time?Is it just possible there's some scapegoating going on regarding this issue?

20 Oct 2012 7:13 AM

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Alexey

CUTIE/QT;I actually e-mailed rnaevlet city agencies without result. I am in contact with my city councilman's office now. My phone to a lawyer "cell tower" expert was exploratory.But the point stands: Lawyers charge a lot more than doctors. I was sued (thank goodness only once) in a toally groundless suit. To have it dismissed cost $5k. Then the plaintiff sued his broker, and somehow I was again served, and that cost another $5k. A defendant has to answer the complaint, no matter how specious. It is not free enterprise, and as consumers we do not have a choice. You can rep yourself "pro per" but that is universally considered to be legal suicide. The law business is something or a racket, shot through with fancy grifters, shake-down artists and paltroons.I wonder why the free-market does not gravitate towards binding arbitration agreements. I guess lawyers crush any such movements--they usually make up our legislatures, and, of course, our judicial system. Two out of three branches ain't bad, if you want to control a society or economy.

20 Oct 2012 7:14 AM

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Yamil

If not for your wrinitg this topic could be very convoluted and oblique.

20 Oct 2012 7:36 AM

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Ashu

IIRC somewhere aonurd 1/3 of those who apply to medical school are accepted by at least one school (standard advice is apply to every school in your state plus a handfull of out of state).Medical schools generally claim that medical education is a financial looser for them, despite 100s of thousands of dollars per student in tuition. If true, that would discourage opening of new schools. As pointed out, the barriers to entry into medical education are exceedingly high. You need a major medical center with research faculty in all major fields (to teach in the classroom) and clinical faculty in all disciplines of sufficient number to accommodate all of your students. Currently the quality of accepted med school applicants is very high. A drastic increase in # of accepted students would drastically decrease quality (which could arguably be an acceptable tradeoff, however preselection of only the best students is one of several major factors that differentiate physicians from mid-levels and technical personnel.

20 Oct 2012 7:39 AM

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Nainika

In awe of that asnwer! Really cool!

20 Oct 2012 7:45 AM

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Katerine

Dr. T$75 an hour is too much?? What about the liability inursance, workers compensation inursance, advertising / marketing, gas, tools, vehicles, operations personnel, administrative staff, and site supervisors. Why should you be able to determine what the true cost of your homeotologist (home repair specialist) is? Isn't your argument saying that we shouldn't be arguing the cost of a doctor?These workers may have extensive training in what you need repaired. Many have attended endless hours of training to specialize in their craft and even taken on jobs in the past where they lost money because of being the low bid.Go ahead and take the lowest bid. The old saying still holds true. “When you buy quality you only cry once.”I’m sure you will end up with another one of those great contractor horror stories like I’ve heard so many times before.Great article Mark!!

20 Oct 2012 7:53 AM

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Amanda

I'd like you intelligent entiomcsos to calculate how many patients a PCP has to see each day to break even. Then, figure out how many patients they need to see a day to make $50K. Now, even better, how many they need to see to take home $150K. Therein lies the answer to your 7 minute crappy visit where the doctor doesn't spend any time with you. Also, people get pissed because they go to a doctor with a question and get a quick exam and are told they are ok, then are shocked that they get a bill for 120 for doing nothing. My examination ruled out many illnesses that you had no idea even exist, therefore you are a poor assessor of value in this market. You bozos that think you know everything have no idea how challenging it is to manage patients. We are valued because what we do is enormously harder than the mechanic or the engineer. I'm a doctor and an economist.

20 Oct 2012 8:05 AM

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Auth

A min deixoume iaadctmpa e tame9n apenada o veddeo de Lizeth, porque e9 moi frustante ver eses casos de nenos, que deberedan etar xogando e ter unha vida normal como todos os demais, padezan ese tipo de endermidades, que os van comendo por dentro e o final acaban cun mal fin. O que me1is me apenou foi cando lle preguntan pola progeria e non sabe nin en que consiste, ousexa non sabe porque a ela lle pasan esas cousas que os demais nenos non lles pasan.No caso do sedndrome de Turner penso, f3 igual que os meus compaf1eiros, que e9 unha situacif3n moi complicada pola que pasan esas nenas, primeiro xa polo seu evidente problema e segundo o rechazo que poden sofrir pola sociedade como di Paula.E respeto o que ti dis, Ana, eu penso que esa solucif3n sereda a me1is lf3xica claro este1, pero se aednda non se levou a cabo sere1 porque aednda non se tef1en os me9todos e os tratamentos axeitados que ti dis.

20 Oct 2012 8:21 AM

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Pedro

Just cause it's simple doesn't mean it's not super hplfeul.