$1,000,000 per Day

Patient: "This bill seems pretty high, Doctor."

Doctor: "I know it does. But you must remember that I do half my work for nothing."

Patient: "Umhmm?"

Repeated every day in doctors' offices throughout the land is such a conversation. Last week the magazine Medical-Economics furnished harassed doctors and doubting patients with some statistics. From 5,823 physicians in all sections of the U. S. it had received answers to a questionnaire on charity work. The answers revealed that an "average doctor" works 50 weeks per year, 62 hours per week. Of those 62 hours he gives a little more than 15 outright to patients who he knows cannot pay. He spends another 15 on patients who he discovers will not pay. Therefore, concluded Medical Economics, John Doctor and his colleagues each day give U. S. paupers and deadbeats professional services worth more than $1.000.000.

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