Amid multi-billion dollar bailouts for millionaire CEOs and near-limitless forgivable SBA loans, emergency and critical care docs are taking 50%+ pay cuts to work extra hours and risk our lives. Many other physicians are being laid off or fired outright.

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No hazard pay. No bridge loans. Not even medical school debt forgiveness in these days of advocating for the forgiveness of almost every other type of student debt.

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Meanwhile, various staffing companies are offering hazard pay of up to $15K PER WEEK for NPs and PAs, while asking doctors to VOLUNTEER.

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I’ve spoken before about how physician are considered to be too well-paid to be worthy of sympathy or praise, but this is taking that to the absolute extreme.

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No politician has hinted at forgiving med school debt, despite what we are doing for the country right now, even though doing so would be a pittance compared to what taxpayers will be handing out as part of the #Coronavirus Relief Bill, for which almost no docs qualify. 5/6

To be clear, we won’t abandon you, but please remember what is happening right now the next time you see a person or professional organization minimizing the value, training, or #HeartOfAPhysician.

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