On Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at 7:17:51 AM UTC-5, Janet wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
> >
> > On Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at 5:41:56 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> > > On 2016-12-13 4:33 PM, Bruce wrote:
> > > > In article >,
> > > > Cindy Hamilton says...
> > > >>
> > > >> On Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at 3:58:45 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>> I've never heard of getting charged for receiving blood.
> > > >>
> > > >> In the U.S., if you don't have insurance, it can cost anywhere
> > > >> from $1300 to $3500 per unit of blood.
> > > >
> > > > You live in a strange country.
> > >
> > >
> > > It can be very profitable if you are in the health care business.
> >
> > I'd wager that most of the profits in the health care business
> > are in the insurance and pharmaceutical industries rather than
> > health care providers. Except, perhaps, for high-end plastic
> > surgeons.
>
> Doctors in USA have very much higher incomes than Drs in other
> developed countries.
>
> Janet

On average, yes. Specialists are very highly paid. Pediatricians
apparently are the least-well-compensated type of doctor, and their
average is about $200,000. A lot of money, yes, but you'd have
to pay me a lot more than that to have kids puke on me.

Cindy Hamilton