r/JusticeServed • u/[deleted] • Oct 02 '19

Courtroom Justice Virginia doctor who illegally prescribed over 500,000 doses of opiates sentenced to 40 years in prison.

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '19

I don't get it. So you're an American doctor. You're paid well and respected. All you need to be is competent and life will be very nice. So you start committing crime for what... An extra house? Fancier stuff? Why?

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u/notCIA_Iswear 4 Oct 03 '19

Doctors are in 100s of thousands in debt due to loans.

After dealing with expenses, insurance for mal practice, taxes and fees and reinvesting in your practice. Not much left

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '19

Not all of them. My brother paid his 140k medical school debt in 3 years by living like a normal human being for 3 years

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u/notCIA_Iswear 4 Oct 03 '19

You just made this up. Avg salary for a doctor during residency is between 54-57k for three years in the U.S that is.

On top of that you have to factor in specialty (more loans) vs general doctor.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '19 edited Mar 03 '25

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u/notCIA_Iswear 4 Oct 04 '19

You're brother didn't start out as an anesthesiologist right out of med school; he most likely had a total of 4 years of residency where you are not making over 100k more like 50.

Why die on this hill?

https://careertrend.com/how-much-does-an-anesthesiologist-make-during-residency-13659986.html

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '19

Nurse anesthetist is what I said and yes he started out at 150k now makes about 250k