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Another recalls a colleague's shock at learning her salary. How could she be happy when her pay more than comfortable by most U.S. standards seemed so low? Money, it seems, is becoming an obsession for many in medicine. Doctors long have made lucrative livings. But huge fees especially for surgery and high-tech procedures have turned medical pay into a subject of intense fascination, both for those who pull down sky-high incomes and those jealous of the doctors who do.

iJ5ut in the medical world, at least, money does not always buy happiness. Many doctors say they are fed up with their profession. They complain of second-guessing insurance companies, burdensome paperwork, miserly Medicare fees, high malpractice rates and the constant fear of being sued, among other things. I. Some argue that practicing medicine has become so unsatisfying that many are bent on making sure the work is financially rewarding, even if it's no longer fun.

I And rewarding it is. The latest statistics show that monetarily, at least, doctors are doing very well Indeed. Their pay is going up far faster than almost everyone else's: Last year, according to a survey, their net income rose 12.5 percent, almost triple the rate of inflation. The survey of 6,484 doctors by Medical Economics magazine found that the median net income of all U.S. doctors rose almost $15,000 in 1989 to $133,000.

Other annual incomes: From $87,000 for general practitioners to $296,000 for cardiovascular surgeons. One in five cardiovascular surgeons makes over $600,000. Only 6 percent of doctors make less than $50,000. Doctors contend they studied hard, put in long hours, and deserve to make a good living. "When you consider that we work a 60-some hour week, that we put 12 years of training in and we owe 50 grand when we start on average, I don't think anybody is robbing the bank," said Dr.

Philip Alper of Burlingame, Calif. Some, in fact, fear they are falling behind. "Nobody feels bad for physicians. We do make a good living," said Dr. Craig Czarsty, a family practitioner and doctor's son in Oakville, Conn.

"But is my earning power the same as my father's was 20 years ago? Probably not." Specialists are particularly well off, but they contend they deserve to make more than other people, including doctors in general care. Their work is often tedious and exacting, say, and requires technical skills that take years to perfect. Dr. Thomas Purdon of the University of Arizona Health Science Center notes the special pressures faced by his colleagues in obstetrics and gynecology, whose earnings the survey pegs at $194,000. Besides the many hours seeing women through their pregnancies, labor and early motherhood, there is a real possibility that each is a potential courtroom opponent.

"The public expects an absolutely perfect product and doesn't want to recognize that there can be genetic problems and other things that the obstetrician has no control over," said Purdon. "If things don't turn out just A-OK, the first thing they do is try to find a lawyer to sue him." Insurers have long paid high fees for technical procedures and operations and much less for the hours that primary care doctors spend figuring out which of these treatments their patients need. Miracle-Ear America's Better Hearing Centers C1990 DahJberg, Inc. MARIANNA TALLAHASSEE 482-5151 386-7600 PANAMA CITY 784-0179 COMMERCIAL SERVICES Fast, Economical, Quality Printing STANDARD TABLOID SUPERTABLOID QUARTERFOLD MAGAZINE COLOR SEPARATIONS Call Ray Green (904) 599-2273 P.O. Box 990 277 N.

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