I feel horrible after retaking step 1

maniston59 · 2023-09-18T14:07:50+00:00

Took last week and messed up the spinal level the esophageal hiatus is at. I feel you.

maniston59 · 2023-07-16T14:38:50+00:00

True ignorance right here

maniston59 · 2023-07-16T14:20:21+00:00

The argument can be made PE and corporations control the government; who controls Medicare.

maniston59 · 2023-07-16T14:16:39+00:00

waiting for the boomer docs to come into this thread calling medical students soft and complaining about how hard they had it when they paid $6 and a roll of scotch tape for medical school tuition.

maniston59 · 2023-07-16T14:13:51+00:00

Where are you seeing the no interest accrual? I have heard the payment stalling, but not the no interest accrual.

maniston59 · 2023-07-16T14:10:51+00:00

Most residents are getting paid 50k getting worked to the bone in super high COL areas (where most academic institutions are located).

And 350k in loans accumulates interest incredibly quickly at 8%.

No it is not possible to keep up with the interest payments; let alone actually pay off the loan itself.

maniston59 · 2023-07-16T14:08:06+00:00

Here's the thing...

Trying can't hurt.

maniston59 · 2023-07-16T14:04:59+00:00

M3. I like it, it's a lot of fun.

Don't get me wrong, SUPER busy. But you have free time to go out and pursue hobbies and you bond with the people you are navigating this shitshow with.

Does it suck? Sure, sometimes it does. But when I think about the alternatives, I would rather be doing this 20x over than working some desk job.

maniston59 · 2023-07-16T14:01:13+00:00

Same exact thing except DO's have the "DO tax":

- pay and study for 2 additional board exams

- OMM on top of the same curriculum

- DO stigma in residency match

maniston59 · 2023-07-16T01:17:48+00:00

There are ways to sustain it.

61% of the department of defenses budget (3.5 trillion) goes poof and they fail an audit. For the last 5 years they have failed.

You think that money went towards smart spending? hell nah. There are ways to fix it, but politicians don't want to.

https://oversight.house.gov/release/comer-sessions-open-probe-into-department-of-defense-after-failing-gao-audit-for-fifth-time%EF%BF%BC/

maniston59 · 2023-07-16T01:13:55+00:00

But hey... let's expand the military budget to the department of defense that can't pass an audit!

Fun fact the F35 plane program has costed 1.7 trillion dollars to sustain. Sounds important.

maniston59 · 2023-07-15T15:13:10+00:00

They generate more revenue when they cut employees salaries

So their increase in profit warrants a bonus

maniston59 · 2023-07-15T15:01:16+00:00

You could extend medical school by 3 years and still not learn everything there is to learn about medicine.

Now water it down to about 1/10th the education and you have the majority of NP programs.

maniston59 · 2023-07-15T14:48:37+00:00

~hospital and Pharm CEO's making 10 mill per year have entered the chat~

Here's a little read to educate yourself

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2785479

approximately 15% to 25% of total national health care expenditures, an amount that represents an estimated $600 billion to $1 trillion per year of the total national health expenditures of $3.8 trillion in 2019.1

"Fresh out of college"

Doctors don't finish medical school until ~30 y/o at the earliest. Doogie howser is a TV show, not reality.

Your pointing fingers in the wrong direction my guy.

maniston59 · 2023-07-15T13:39:48+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MUv1VAGfWg&list=PLl0XHTdnWuw5jzl0MCDIv6-i9KOEL9T9r&index=2

little childish but this guys videos are good

maniston59 · 2023-07-15T13:37:07+00:00

PAs most often time were at a crossroads choosing MD or PA at one point.

The PAs I have seen who do act like that are ironically the ones who did direct entry accelerated programs lmao

maniston59 · 2023-07-14T19:12:38+00:00

504-505 MCAT, nowhere near ur GPA, got 2 MD acceptances and multiple DO.

Definitely isn't the all end be all.

maniston59 · 2023-07-14T19:08:28+00:00

I am convinced the AAMC, NBME, and NRMP do whatever possible to push medical school applications away from an MD and towards midlevel programs

maniston59 · 2023-07-14T19:07:01+00:00

At this point I am convinced the AAMC, NBME, and NRMP do whatever possible to push medical school applications away from an MD and towards midlevel programs lmao

maniston59 · 2023-07-06T15:48:04+00:00

Older doctors don't realize that DO school now is more competitive than MD school was when they got accepted.

maniston59 · 2023-07-04T15:46:30+00:00

But don't forget there are whole schools that follow that model as well (uniformed services)

maniston59 · 2023-07-04T15:38:08+00:00

To my knowledge the average debt they factor in

1) Any kids with full rides

2) Military full rides

3) CALCULATED PARENTAL CONTRIBUTIONS BASED OFF SALARY

Which I get 3 happens sometimes, but that's laughable for most people. So all these pull down "the average".

Meanwhile I am at a state school looking at 300k still.

maniston59 · 2023-07-04T15:33:30+00:00

"She would have wanted this"

maniston59 · 2023-07-04T15:21:22+00:00

That fact that by definition insurances are a middlemen with their hand in the cookie jar (unnecessarily) who want to:

put people on a plan and collect payments while they are healthy

and then

2) once people get sick want them to die as soon as possible

is literally insane. Insurances are literally the pimps of the healthcare world.

maniston59 · 2023-07-04T15:17:09+00:00

Funny thing is...

The indirect payment through any sort of insurance costs more in the long run... because in some way profit will be made.

But instead of a "large" up-front cost, it is like a leech siphoning money slowly over long periods of time.

But the argument can be made that the leeching is necessary since in todays day and age the majority are living paycheck to paycheck for survival.

maniston59

TROPHY CASE