Please, don't tell me these things. It only makes me angry.

I saw a recent story that said the average American GP in private practice makes more than $290k per year. And that's AFTER EXPENSES. Specialists usually make more.

The AMA used to report this routinely, and I hear that they stopped doing it about 10 years ago--because people (incl. Congresspeople) were incensed that MDs were making so much, even allowing for stiff malpractice insurance costs. (OBs pay the maximum rate, apparently -- something like $150,000/year if they don't have any record of complaints.)

So don't accept any crap from your doctor about how little money he's making. American MDs are still the best-paid in the world. They have just learned how to lie about it. I guess they realize that if their patients found out how much they lie, they might have to accept lower payments from HMOs and Medicare. And pay more for malpractice insurance.

Any chance we can get the email addresses of those jerks on the Asylum? So we can mail-bomb them?.....they deserve it....