Sorry if I am so cynical that I trust nothing including the medical profession. The doctors maybe on salary but if the hospital does not make money to pay them then what? Why was I told the plan was 28 treatments until I started saying I was going to go elsewhere for 5 treatments with CyberKnife then all of a sudden "we can do 5" here at Mayo. The medical profession with me has lost a lot of credibility since the Covid vaccine push when it was obvious to even a lay person like me that the vaccines did not stop the spread, yet the medical profession was lying about it. When the Yankees and Brewers had outbreaks in fully vaccinated players it became obvious. Yet my GP was still pushing me to get jabbed. Then the mask nonsense about you needed a mask outdoors that was a dead giveaway. If you needed a mask outdoors, you needed a mask in your own home because the air inside is the same air as outside unless you live in a biolab with airlocks. Sorry, but I believe almost nothing anymore.

jamesharrison, you are correct Mayo doctors are salaried and a great thing about Mayo Clinics.

UFPTI, where I got my proton radiation, is part of the State of Florida University Health Care. I went there because Mayo Jacksonville did not have proton. The first thing the oncologist/radiologist said to me is that he is a state employee on salary and does not make more/less from the test or procedures he orders. He said so anything I recommend for testing and procedures is what I feel is best for you and your cancer treatments.

I donate to UFPTI to help pay costs for those they treat without insurance. They do treat a lot of patients without insurance and have an excellent financial assistance office. I donate to many specialty division at Mayo including research. My favorite donation is the good smariatan fund. A fund that helps pay for treatments at Mayo for those who do not have insurance or need financial assistance. I am not rich but able to help so I do.