Rich (in money) doctors are the cardiologists, anesthesiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons.
Truly rich (in spiritual reward, good works, and morality) doctors are the FP's, IM's, and Ped's who are holding the hands of the masses. We don't need the traded in cars, the big homes, the outward signs of financial success. Sure it must be fun to be financially well endowed, and who wouldn't refuse loads of money? But those who have more, have more to lose.
Really, who can boast for making money from the medically ill and emotionally vulnerable? Some in our profession need some humility. Maybe some of those "rich" doctors could walk in the shoes of a PCP-->Primary Care Physician (not Provider, I disdain that term). Maybe if they put in the long hours, and the small monetary rewards.....perhaps, just perhaps they would remember what medicine is about.
At risk of ostracising my specialty colleagues, they really do not understand what it is like to be a PCP. I have encountered rare exceptions who were actually in primary care then later became specialists. These folks can actually understand our lives.
But I maintain that OUR rewards will not be of this earth: "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Matthew 6:19-21.
