[lbo-talk] salary guide, University of Illinois

[brad bauerly]

Doug wrote:
>Medical costs are inflated in every aspect in the U.S. The major
>problem isn't docs' salaries, but they're still high by international
>standards. Yes, they're being second-guessed by inscos all the time,
>and they're losing a lot of their former professional autonomy, but
>they're a long way from proles. Still, something like a third of U.S.
>health expenditures go to administrative costs, which means mostly
>insurance companies and their requirements - that's the major prob.
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But that U of Ill salary scale is completely top heavy in the medical
fields.  The highest paid sociologist was just under $100,000, pol science
$191,000 and economics was just a little bit more.  Compared to the nearly
three pages of people in the medical fields making over half a million
each!!!  So when it comes to University cost issues, the medical field seems
to be taking a much larger slice of the pie than others (atleast based on
this very small sample).

Also, anecdotally I heard many people say that they changed their minds or
made there minds up against health care reform because their physician told
them it was a bad idea (with horror stories about how their service
would change).  I also have a distant relative in med school who was scared
shitless that a single payer system would go through and smash his dreams of
becoming a millionaire.

Brad