Fair point, I didn’t mean to gripe that physician fees alone are out of control, rather that medical pricing is out of control (in fact, I probably should have reblogged the other chart entirely: http://mhudack.com/post/233073589/ilovecharts-suzany-scans-or-scams-part ). I actually considered doing that and picked this chart because I figured it was more accessible to most people (everyone goes to the Dr office, not everyone gets a CT Scan). My point in posting/thinking about this, is that our system is suffering from something (IMO perverse incentives) that don’t seem to exist elsewhere, or, more importantly, in Medicare. jayparkinsonmd: Y’all are barking up the wrong tree on this one…physician salaries are a meager 9% of that $2.5 trillion market. How many physician salaries could one $50,000 heart surgery cost? That’s about a half a year’s salary for one pediatrician. tylerhwillis: mikehudack: ilovecharts: suzany: Doc, the pain! Part One of Two Health Care charts

Fair point, I didn’t mean to gripe that physician fees alone are out of control, rather that medical pricing is out of control (in fact, I probably should have reblogged the other chart entirely: http://mhudack.com/post/233073589/ilovecharts-suzany-scans-or-scams-part ). I actually considered doing that and picked this chart because I figured it was more accessible to most people (everyone goes to the Dr office, not everyone gets a CT Scan).

My point in posting/thinking about this, is that our system is suffering from something (IMO perverse incentives) that don’t seem to exist elsewhere, or, more importantly, in Medicare.

jayparkinsonmd:

Y’all are barking up the wrong tree on this one…physician salaries are a meager 9% of that $2.5 trillion market. How many physician salaries could one $50,000 heart surgery cost? That’s about a half a year’s salary for one pediatrician.

tylerhwillis:

mikehudack:

ilovecharts:

suzany:

Doc, the pain!

Part One of Two Health Care charts