A male gynecologist recently told me that gynecology is despised by surgeons and that the pay is very low compared to other medical professions. "I go to conferences and the surgeons are all, oh, don't get up, it's just a gynecologist," he said. "My brother's cat needed a C-section, and the vet got paid more to do a C-section than I get paid to do one on a human patient!"
Then his office billed me $600 for an exam that my insurance was supposed to cover 100%, and it took several irate phone calls to get it all sorted out, so I don't feel terribly much sympathy for him specifically, but I can well believe that the profession is increasingly deprecated as more women become OB/GYNs.
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Date: 2008-04-04 08:31 pm (UTC)Then his office billed me $600 for an exam that my insurance was supposed to cover 100%, and it took several irate phone calls to get it all sorted out, so I don't feel terribly much sympathy for him specifically, but I can well believe that the profession is increasingly deprecated as more women become OB/GYNs.