If you had looked a little further, salaries for MD’s in England who are in Private Practice or Self Employed start at 75,000 – 90,000 pounds, or at the latest conversion rate they get $112,500 – $135,000 US, and that doesn’t take into account where they work or years of experience. The same site also say’s ” The chart on Doctors’ Salaries in UK by Years Experience reveals that physician salaries can more than double over the course of 20 years.”
Personally, I have a prepaid legal plan, and if it weren’t so inexpensive I’d drop it as they are willing to write a letter for me, make me a will, but not too much else. I can get hold of him by phone during business hours, but outside of that. But hey, you never know when you need a letter written or a new will drawn up.

Doc99, if those salary surveys are incorrect, perhaps you can point to some other more accurate ones?

Just for grins, check out http://www.singlepayerlegal.org

I agree with you that we need an overhaul of our payor model. I personally believe that patients should be directly connected to the costs of their care and be responsible for getting reimbursed for their care and that medical providers should compete just as Wallmart, Target and GEICO do. Isolating patients from their healthcare dollars is like isolating them from their tax dollars. Both lead to huge deficits.

I’m not disagreeing with you. I’m simply saying your belief about what they make in the UK is incorrect. Those are averages based on salary surveys. You may be correct if in the UK if they were small business owners they’d make more. But for now the numbers are the numbers.

My overall point is that you guys are asking for trouble continually hoping the government doesn’t cut your pay, especially when you consider how highly paid you are compared to your peers overseas.

I forgot to mention that in the UK you can see some private patients but it is limited. Here in the US if you are in private practice, how much you make is dependent on how much you work. When I was in the UK, the ORS were pretty much shut down by three in the afternoon even though there were waiting lists. Here, they are running at full speed.

The US physcian tends to make more because they are a small business owner. They also work nore hours and see more patients. You are looking at government salaries. Also, they are comparing GPs to FPs. My data source is easy. I have worked in both systems. If you want to compare NHS salaries to US, you need to lool at VA or Indian Health Service salaries. There you will see you get paid more and work far less in the UK.