<p>I have 2 questions and I'm not sure where to post them (high school topics???) Anyway here they are:</p>
<p>1) If you become lets say a plastic surgeon, what percentage (roughly) of your income would you have to put aside for insurance for malpractice? - 5% 20% 100%??? And does anyone know the chance or have any statsistics of the chances of you being sued?? Would it be like once in you career twice... 10 times?? I mean this is assuming thAT You are a reasonable/good/excellent doctor, not some complete bafoon.</p>
<p>2) How does the financial aid system work for med school. Is it the same as in college or is it different. And isn't for college you use you family income to determin how much you are legeble for but for med school would you still use your parents salaries???</p>
<p>Thank you in advance :) he he he it always ****es me off when someone says that but I mean it Thanks!!</p>
<p>bump ^^^^^^ anyone ..?????</p>
<p>Some possibly useful links regarding financial aid:
<a href="http://www.aamc.org/students/financing/start.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.aamc.org/students/financing/start.htm</a>
<a href="http://www.aamc.org/students/applying/msar.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.aamc.org/students/applying/msar.htm</a> --> Go down to Chapter 9
<a href="http://homepage.mac.com/dsacco/finaid.html%5B/url%5D">http://homepage.mac.com/dsacco/finaid.html</a>
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You'll</a> want to file the FAFSA early, even if you haven't heard back from schools yet. [...] You don't need to fill in your parents' information on the form to get federal aid. However, most state-based and university-based aid requires you to fill out this information, even if you're older and have been independent for quite some time.
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<p>For the malpractice insurance, it will vary depending on what state you practice in. Some areas will have higher rates than others.
[quote=<a href="http://www.nhionline.net/news/psp.htm">http://www.nhionline.net/news/psp.htm</a>]
Insurance rates are high in Florida also, with plastic surgeons paying at least $50,000 a year and probably much more depending on their practice history and other factors. </p>
<p>But in California, where legislation has lessened the risk for physicians, rates are about a third of what they are in Florida, Baker says. Plastic surgeons in California may pay as little as $18,000 a year for malpractice insurance.
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<p>THANK you CDn ... REALLY helpful . thanx ! :)</p>