re: Female physicians are paid less because they don’t work as hard as their male counterparts

I'd like the government to stay out of wage gaps.

If a business decides to pay someone less, for whatever reason, that person can easily go find a job elsewhere that pays higher.

If the former company was in the wrong then their performance will be hurt.

The free market works this out by itself.

It's very simple. You are paid what you are worth. There are exceptions to this rule, but if you are truly worth more, you can find more pay elsewhere.

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A male doctor from Texas

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I've seen this physician in passing , not the first time he has been outspoken. He DGAF.

Fake news - I don’t remember seeing even one video where a male doctor ends up banging a female patient. Female doctors appear in most of the videos so the guy in the article is dead wrong.

Did not read the story.

In my years as a nurse, female MDs do a few things. These all exclude them from money grubbing.

a. Have babies...
b. Close/limit their practices. they reach a number of patients and they won't accept anymore.
c. Do NOT usually round in the hospitals.
d. Do not usually take call.

Male MDs are usually the money whores. They take call, keep patient loads that are ridiculous, NEVER give up call, work themselves to burnout (4a-830a morning hospital rounds, 830a-whenever clinic, 5p (or whenever)- whenever they are done with night hospital rounds, go home and wait for the pager (old school)/texts to flood your phone while you try to sleep.

Not saying females don't do this, but in my experience it is about 10/1 ratio of males to females who do this type of life/career.

The females in my residency made exactly what I made.

The females that signed moonlighting contracts made the same rate that I made.


My wife signed an income guarantee for a private practice worth slightly more than me.


Insurance reimbursement isn't discussed between us, but she's making the same as everyone in her practice for each insurance company, and I'm making the same as my partner.

In a year when our guarantees are up, we will make different rates from each insurer per encounter based on our practices' negotiations, but they won't be based on our sex. Our production and patient turnover will dictate salaries more than who gets $60/visit vs $68 (examples, not accurate).

I will probably make more because I'm in a bigger practice, but I could be wrong. And it won't be because I am the proud owner of a penis.

Hopeful Doc -

My wife and I are both MD’s as well. I read her the comments from people defending women and the “pay gap”.

She called it absurd. She knows that the years that she has been in medicine (full time) - she was paid very well. The years she took off to have our kids or job share with another female MD - she made far less.

It’s one of those easy debates where you can identify where someone is an idiot (If they believe an actual wage gap exists other than by personal choice).