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I worked at a drug/device company

… I worked at a drug/device company. It started out in a garage and was originally a "morally run company". But it had long devolved into an MBA enshittified acquisition-deal company. I worked at a major insurance company. They can't for public reasons show TOO much of a profit, which is PERFECT for the MBAs running that company, because they hoover up all the excess in a bloated executive structure and embarrassingly huge bonuses. Never worked for a law firm. I generally assume them to be the smallest pig, the runt, which is useful for the other pigs to bully and blame for everything.

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Bit insulting to be called a pig - also why would you want more pigs at the trough if this is a problem? Anyway NPs and PAs are providing the majority of care in hospitals. Please, let “AI” come. My EMR is basically run through telnet (no joke) because the hospital system (biggest in the US) does not want to upgrade. “Trial lawyer awards” are capped in several states including CA. I can tell you that more than 75% of my medical school class was not in it for the money, for what it’s worth.

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Learn statistics, or talk to more doctors. https://www.whitecoatinvestor.com/how-much-do-doctors-make/

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>I worked at a major insurance company. They can't for public reasons show TOO much of a profit, which is PERFECT for the MBAs running that company, because they hoover up all the excess in a bloated executive structure and embarrassingly huge bonuses. Nonsense if you read the SEC filings and compare health insurance executive compensation to other business' executives that lead similar number of employees and revenue. Try to make sense for why people getting paid in equity would want to lower their own compensation by hiding profit. Across the entire industry, at least 7 publicly listed businesses (UNH/Elevance/CVS/Cigna/Humana/Centene/Molina). That would be a very impressive collusion scheme, if they can pull that off maybe they deserve it.

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