I can tell ya right now that alot of people think Healthcare workers cut a fat hawg when it comes to salaries. And I'm here to tell ya that just aint so... Swampy can tell ya that for the work we do we are very underpaid....And our employers tell it that it is because of re-embursements.....

I have a Buddy of mine that is an ER DOc that told me and showed me exactlly what ER Docs Make off of an ER Visit when it comes to medicad... It is $7.00 per patient.. And when you figure in a Billing service that gets 10 percent off of of the 7.00 for doing the paperwork.

And then there are insurance companies that dont pay like Coventry.. That is in the Millions just coventry alone.

And then you have the No-Payers who flood the Drs. Offices and ER's.

And just think each and every patient that walks through the doors has the legal right to sue you even if the claim has no merit... The insurance company that insures the Drs and Nurses and Hospitals still has to shell out bucks to defend you and then that gives the insurance companies ans excuse to sky rocket you premiums.

So if you ask me the very first place to look at is Tort Reform.. But that will never happen because Insurance Companies call the shots w ith the "Wheels in Government Office".

And if you add more of a burden to the system.. You think you see a shortage of Drs and Nurses Now and Long Waiting Lines in ERs and Drs. Offices You Aint Seen Nothing. Alot of Health Care Professionals due to Job Stress and Salarie are looking elsewhere when it comes to occupations..

It's sad that we have one of the Finest ER Physicians in Town that is going to work for a computer firm and not even giving patient care because of what is going on now.

Okay I'll Shut Up!