CITY HEALTH CLINICS NEED A BOOSTER SHOT | Philadelphia Daily News | 04/04/2008

CITY HEALTH CLINICS NEED A BOOSTER SHOT Philadelphia Daily News 04/04/2008:

"How they don't work: The system is far from perfect. According to a report released by the Philadelphia Unemployment Project last year, it can take up to five months to schedule an appointment with a doctor at a health center. Advocates say the centers need to extend evening hours and add staff to shorten waiting times. The mayor's proposed funding increase is supposed to deal with some of these issues.
One of the biggest challenges that health centers face is offering competitive salaries to attract qualified staff.

The salaries offered by the city for three critical positions - pharmacists, dentists and physicians - are relatively low when compared to industry averages.

The highest-paid pharmacist working for the city makes $77,013 - well below the national median of $103,000. The same is true for dentists who work for the city. A typical dentist makes $130,000 a year. That's significantly more than the $95,630 made by the highest-paid dentists at city health centers.

The largest discrepancy can found in the salary paid to doctors. The average physician working in a family practice makes $204,000. The highest-paid physician working for the city makes $109,820 - a difference of more that $94,000."

Just had to post this for all of those who insist we don't have to wait for healthcare in America and that "everyoine in America has access to health care."

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