fisherdvm
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The military is the best thing that could be offered to many young people without direction and life, and even for those with direction.
Our support for the troops should be unrelentless. Our support for the VA system should be twice what they currently are given.
Our support for reserves, nat guard, and the part time soldiers shoud triple.
The assumption that an O4 or O5 salary can maintain a medical practice is incorrect. As a reserve officer, a doctor makes only about 1/3 of his AD counterpart (doctor specialty pay was $20 to 50K, doctor additional pay was $15K, and retention bonuses a few more K's). None of this will be offered to a physician in the reserve, same rank, same duty. Not to slight AD physicians and nurses, they make less than their civilian counterpart in all areas, rank included. When I left the service, I received no separation pay. I had no retirement plan, no 401K.
When you are $100K in debt from opening a new practice, and had negative income for the first 2 years, you can understand my need to turn in a resignation letter. You can't shut down a medical practice when you leave for AD.... Someone has to maintain the charts and pay the rent...
Our support for the troops should be unrelentless. Our support for the VA system should be twice what they currently are given.
Our support for reserves, nat guard, and the part time soldiers shoud triple.
The assumption that an O4 or O5 salary can maintain a medical practice is incorrect. As a reserve officer, a doctor makes only about 1/3 of his AD counterpart (doctor specialty pay was $20 to 50K, doctor additional pay was $15K, and retention bonuses a few more K's). None of this will be offered to a physician in the reserve, same rank, same duty. Not to slight AD physicians and nurses, they make less than their civilian counterpart in all areas, rank included. When I left the service, I received no separation pay. I had no retirement plan, no 401K.
When you are $100K in debt from opening a new practice, and had negative income for the first 2 years, you can understand my need to turn in a resignation letter. You can't shut down a medical practice when you leave for AD.... Someone has to maintain the charts and pay the rent...