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[fightingquaker13]

Why would anyone want to be a doctor in the Army or Navy? Do they get special benifits or pay? I'm just not seeing why someone would go through all of that schooling and make crap compared to what they could in private practice?

Because the Army pays for med school, or redeems your student loans. Plus there is the patriotism thing, a steady paycheck, interesting work and zero overhead or fear of being sued.
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[billt]

I would imagine there is something to be said with not having to deal with insurance companies to collect your money as well. My last primary care guy sold his practice and went to work for a company who provides substitute doctors for physicians who go on vacation. He moves around a lot, but gets a steady paycheck every week, and doesn't have to worry about anything else. Malpractice is another thing you can leave behind MD'ing in the military. They just bury their mistakes and move on.

[Timothy]

I would guess that most primary care docs in the civilian market don't make much more than 200K to 300K net per year.  Unless you're some hot shot surgeon working on celebrities and wealthy folks, it's a good living but the malpractice insurance is going to be a bitch.

TAB has a surgeon for a wife, she probably works 100 hour weeks for next to nothing while she's a resident!  Unless and until they get into private practice, who knows?

[billt]

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=523864

RESIDENT

$69,903 per year

PHYSICIAN (Post-residency)

$133,816 Anesthesiology
$115,916 Dermatology
$123,816 Emergency Medicine
$110,816 Family Practice
$123,816 Gastroenterology
$126,123 General Surgery
$111,816 Internal Medicine
$111,816 Neurology
$133,816 Neurosurgery
$128,816 OB/GYN
$125,816 Ophthalmology
$133,816 Orthopedics
$127,816 Otolaryngology
$113,816 Pathology
$109,816 Pediatrics
$110,816 Preventative Medicine...
$112,816 Psychiatry
$133,816 Radiology


This includes all housing, variable, etc pay. There may be more pay for times you spend in combat zones, but not that much more. All pay is before taxes.

This info is 4 years old but considering the economy, some of these like Radiology and Anesthesiology seem OK to good, but others like Neurosurgery are pathetically low. It's pretty bad when a Pathologist makes more than a Neurologist. But.....It is the military.
 
 

[tombogan03884]

All military MDs are officers. Officers have to pay a nominal fee for their food and housing plus supplying their own uniforms.

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[Timothy]

Considering that an O-1 makes about 36K his first year out of OCS, that's not bad for an officer!  

Face it, the military pays for shit, always has and always will!  When Congress wants to save money, they go after retired veterans benefits almost every time while doing nothing to control their own salaries.  Nothing is ever going to change that unless the Tree of Liberty is bone dry and we've had enough...

[Timothy]

All military MDs are officers. Officers have to pay a nominal fee for their food and housing plus supplying their own uniforms.

I had to pay for all of my uniforms too Tom!  Even the crap they issued us in boot!

[tombogan03884]

Yes, but we got a small allowance toward replacing them, IIRC it was $6/mo.
We also paid nothing for food or shelter.

[Timothy]

Yes, but we got a small allowance toward replacing them, IIRC it was $6/mo.
We also paid nothing for food or shelter.

If we ate at the base mess, we paid nothing.  If we lived off base, we paid something because we received BAQ and BAS of about 50 a month.  My last two years, there was no base housing for me or anyone really.  The base was too small so I had to live off base.  Paying rent of 175/month didn't leave a bunch of money for prime rib....

Rent, beer, smokes and the occasional pound of bologna was about it...

[billt]

Face it, the military pays for shit, always has and always will!

A Pediatrician at $109,816.00 a year, I've got to agree with you. That is low man on the totem pole. How can the guy knocking the kid out make 24K a year more then the guy doing the surgery on him? Or the guy doing the knee replacement make the same?