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Originally Posted by Tassie f100
My point was that GPs get paid $300+ per hour whereas the Mechanic with as much or more responibility strulggles to get $100
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NO way does a GP get paid $300, and no mechanic gets paid $100. Both of them have significant overheads.
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Originally Posted by ratter
Mechanics apprenticeship is 4 years correct, but the education does not ever stop, what has changed in the Human body in say the last 30 years?
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Medical science has changed dramatically in the last 30 years and will continue to do so, even GP's must be continually learning, even just to keep up with medicine and patient management. Just because your GP is not performing heart surgery doesn't mean he learnt everything he has to know during med school.
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what overheads? most just hire their rooms
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ask your doctor next time how much he pays for Professional Indemnity insurance - you, know the one that pays out millions if he screws up and kills someone. Your mechanic would also have PI, ask him too, and see how much the difference is.
Yes, they hire their room, which includes reception services, accounting, phones, computer, supplies, free dunny paper, what else. You reckon all those things are cheap.
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Hand up the people that have been to a doctor, paid $70-$80 for 10 minutes of talking, maybe checking blood pressure, throat and ears and then get told to take it easy for a few days and come back if not different.........
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[hands on floor]
never paid a cent to see a doctor, just throw the medicare card at them and am not a hypochondriac either.