The doctors on the show House are not rich.

[dmw16]

That place House lives in probably isn't cheap considering it's Princeton.

Taub also lives in a nice condo. I imagine he complains because he used to make more prior to signing that non-compete.

 

[Gibsons]

Originally posted by: dmw16
That place House lives in probably isn't cheap considering it's Princeton.

Taub also lives in a nice condo. I imagine he complains because he used to make more prior to signing that non-compete.

Yes, exactly, he was a plastic surgeon. He was rolling in it, had it made, and now he's a grunt making the same as young 'uns fresh outta school.

 

[lokiju]

Why do they have to live with flashy stuff to determine their wealth?

A lot of people live very frugally and make a lot of money.

I work with a guy who between him and his wife probably pull in around 200K a year and they have their house paid off, cars paid off, rental home paid off and to look at the cars they drive or anything else you'd never guess they had that kind of money.

 

[DnetMHZ]

The median home cost in Princeton is $661,470.

From Here

 

[rh71]

they don't care, they become doctors "to help people!"...

 

[DT4K]

Originally posted by: TheVrolok

Originally posted by: Mo0o
They're all hospitalists. No money in that.

I suppose "no money" is a relative term. I know quite a few "hospitalists" making 300k+. They're not starving.

Yeah, seriously. Doctors who earn a salary from an HMO may make less than some who have successful private practices, but I certainly wouldn't say there's no money in that. A few numbers from BLS for median compensation of docs with at least 1 year in their specialty:

Anesthesiology: 321k
General Surgery: 282k
OB/Gyn: 247k
Internal Medicine: 166k
Family practice: 156k

These are medians, so it's possible that some family practice doctors in hospitals might only be making like 130k, which is good money, but not enough to be living in mansions, driving ferraris or anything.

 

[eits]

maybe because it's a fictional tv show...

 

[WraithETC]

Originally posted by: Imp
Doctors live it up?

Only doctor I "know" spends all his shit, lets the wife (now ex) spoil the children like there's no tomorrow. Two homes, luxury cars and no savings.

Yep I had a friend whose parents were both Surgeons and now they are broke going into old age because they didn't save a dime. They are depending on her for financial support now.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: DT4K

Originally posted by: TheVrolok

Originally posted by: Mo0o
They're all hospitalists. No money in that.

I suppose "no money" is a relative term. I know quite a few "hospitalists" making 300k+. They're not starving.

Yeah, seriously. Doctors who earn a salary from an HMO may make less than some who have successful private practices, but I certainly wouldn't say there's no money in that. A few numbers from BLS for median compensation of docs with at least 1 year in their specialty:

Anesthesiology: 321k
General Surgery: 282k
OB/Gyn: 247k
Internal Medicine: 166k
Family practice: 156k

These are medians, so it's possible that some family practice doctors in hospitals might only be making like 130k, which is good money, but not enough to be living in mansions, driving ferraris or anything.

That's fricken ridiculous. An old buddy of mine from college is an anesthesiologist and he married one too... I wonder if they bathe in champagne every night.

 

[TehMac]

Originally posted by: lokiju
Why do they have to live with flashy stuff to determine their wealth?

A lot of people live very frugally and make a lot of money.

I work with a guy who between him and his wife probably pull in around 200K a year and they have their house paid off, cars paid off, rental home paid off and to look at the cars they drive or anything else you'd never guess they had that kind of money.

An incredibly wealthy entrepreneur I know rides to work in a 1979 truck. He also drives an M5, but that is his fun car.

This whole wealthy shit is something of a misconception.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: TehMac

Originally posted by: lokiju
Why do they have to live with flashy stuff to determine their wealth?

A lot of people live very frugally and make a lot of money.

I work with a guy who between him and his wife probably pull in around 200K a year and they have their house paid off, cars paid off, rental home paid off and to look at the cars they drive or anything else you'd never guess they had that kind of money.

An incredibly wealthy entrepreneur I know rides to work in a 1979 truck. He also drives an M5, but that is his fun car.

This whole wealthy shit is something of a misconception.

really wealthy people don't show off their wealth.

ie, Bill Gates drives his camry still, IIRC, and Ballmer has a town car.

 

[Lonyo]

There are lots of rich people.
The ones we hear about generally are the ones who flash their cash, that's why most people associate being rich with showing off that fact.

 

[Deeko]

A 1 bedroom apartment can be pretty damn expensive. House's place looks pretty nice, that could easily run 2k+/month.

 

[her209]

This question also applies to Grey's Anatomy.

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: DT4K

Originally posted by: TheVrolok

Originally posted by: Mo0o
They're all hospitalists. No money in that.

I suppose "no money" is a relative term. I know quite a few "hospitalists" making 300k+. They're not starving.

Yeah, seriously. Doctors who earn a salary from an HMO may make less than some who have successful private practices, but I certainly wouldn't say there's no money in that. A few numbers from BLS for median compensation of docs with at least 1 year in their specialty:

Anesthesiology: 321k
General Surgery: 282k
OB/Gyn: 247k
Internal Medicine: 166k
Family practice: 156k

These are medians, so it's possible that some family practice doctors in hospitals might only be making like 130k, which is good money, but not enough to be living in mansions, driving ferraris or anything.

That's fricken ridiculous. An old buddy of mine from college is an anesthesiologist and he married one too... I wonder if they bathe in champagne every night.

I know a couple who are both anesthesiologists. They each make about $500k, so $1M total. They say they pay about half of that to malpractice insurance though. That being said, their house sits on 4 lots.

 

[guitarslingerchris]

Originally posted by: AstroManLuca
House bought a sport bike basically on a whim.

Didn't he borrow 5 grand from Wilson to do that?

 

[gorcorps]

Originally posted by: guitarslingerchris

Originally posted by: AstroManLuca
House bought a sport bike basically on a whim.

Didn't he borrow 5 grand from Wilson to do that?

Which he immediately gave back. It was just a test to see how good of a friend Wilson was.

I can't believe I'm part of such a stupid discussion. It's a fucking TV show

 

[daniel1113]

Originally posted by: guitarslingerchris

Originally posted by: AstroManLuca
House bought a sport bike basically on a whim.

Didn't he borrow 5 grand from Wilson to do that?

Yeah, but it wasn't because he needed the money. He just wanted to see if Wilson would give him the cash.