RE: [Leica] Is a Good Used M6TTL Worth More Than...?

["Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>]

Buzz,

> I certainly don't ask anyone to feel sorry for physicians.  However, you
> may want to consider the financial status of the profession.  For
> instance, an obstetrician will provide over thirty weeks of care for a
> pregnant woman.  This care will include ten to twelve office visits of
> between fifteen minutes and a half hour, at the end of which the doctor
> will deliver the baby, perhaps after being roused at three am to spend
> many hours with the patient before the delivery.  The patient may
> require surgical care to repair any torn tissue or even a hemorrhage.
> After the birth, the patient will be seen for three more office visits.
> For all of this care, the physician will be reimbursed by an insurance
> company an amount substantially less than the cost of an M7 body and
> only slightly more than the cost of a good used M6 TTL.  Not that the
> doctor gets to keep all of that money...after paying for malpractice
> insurance, rent, staff, supplies, et cetera.

Who gets the other $28,000+++???

Austin

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