Can Engineers Transport 20 Yachts Across The Atlantic On A Custom-Built Sumbersible? | Huge Moves

[@tobarstep]

Man, I'm glad someone finally solved the riddle of how to move boats across water.

[@TheKaiTetley]

😂😂😂

[@giltupang5397]

55a

[@gregparrott]

Good one!

[@googledrone1117]

Hahahaha, WINNER.

[@robertgates5590]

I Xgridc dorkyx

[@reggiebald2830]

My wish; Is it a documentary, or a docudrama? I could enjoy learning about the ship without so much drama.

[@kmd844]

100% agree with that....and those ridiculous songs...unnecessary and corny. I am impressed that the people singing those ridiculous little tunes can seemingly do it with a straight face though...bully for them!

[@Gyppor]

Lots of unnecessary drama indeed. It's too bad.

[@Greyhamaphone]

Yeah this could have been a 5 minute video.

[@exec2968]

During the Atlantic crossing, the transport ship starts taking on water and begins to sink. Captain: Saddle up men! Luxury lifeboats for everyone! 🛳️

[@mannyistheman2221]

lmfao =))

[@falltotheforbiden]

The trick would be escaping the sinking ships drag

[@Ole_CornPop]

@@falltotheforbiden drag in the scale that is shown in movies is completely a myth.

[@nikerailfanningttm9046]

its all fun and games until the repo men come LOL

[@DanielJacksonMusic]

@@Ole_CornPop yeah

[@edrdnc6706]

Interesting documentary, but it's title is very misleading. It's about the USE of the transport ship. Not about BUILDING it. Also, it's not submersible, it's semi-submersible.

[@ethan7353]

You sound fun at parties

[@kalebennis-davis5263]

@@ethan7353 bro don't be a logic man

[@Seany06]

@@ethan7353 Nah, its a fair comment. 5 mins in and I was thinking yeah, this has nothing to do with building the big transporter boat.interesting nonetheless!

[@Squidly_Venture]

yeah its kinda a dick move, but that's humans for ya

[@Squidly_Venture]

@@ethan7353 I mean you'd be pissed too if you take a sip of party punch and realize "Wait, this isn't punch, this is water with food coloring".

[@wyowes6090]

I wonder what they use to transport the Dr.'s EGO.

[@tonymacgrath7762]

Or that wig lol

[@drSamovar]

team of Huey's!...

[@stevealaskaman5680]

As a counter point…..would you prefer to have a heart surgeon who didn’t have confidence?

[@teresarichardson4621]

🤣🤦🏽‍♀️

[@mattsnow9273]

They're still trying to engineer something big enough for that! :-)

[@saschamaj]

The moral of the story: heart surgeons are not always intelligent.

[@mike77752]

How?

[@freedomfreedom6544]

Because your boat is bigger?

[@allenfogarty2384]

Rich people problems....

[@peredavi]

It makes an economy and work for regular people.

[@livetv3164]

You're right. Rich people find to face the problem

[@bluecollardadventures2338]

@@peredavi agreed

[@bluecollardadventures2338]

true - I will never know LOL

[@peredavi]

I was a merchant marine engineer and follow maritime news, but I had no idea this service existed. Impressive. Securing all of these vessels for Atlantic crossing is amazing.

[@clecollins2673]

It was quite impressive. This is a great idea! My C/E license is expired and I am retired but what is a piece of paper? I can't imagine how it would have faired a force 5.

[@brimstone5931]

Did anyone see the part where they built a Submersible ship? 😏

[@bluecollardadventures2338]

the yacht transporter submersed to load and unload. it didnt go underwater but sunk the deck and sailed the yachts into it

[@brimstone5931]

@@bluecollardadventures2338 Sorry James, I was being sarcastic, the title suggests the video is about building s submersible ship

[@SuperHaptics]

I've seen that years ago. There's something off with this docudrama episode...

[@cybersquire]

The fact they essentially wrote an opera just for this pleases me to no end.

[@johndoe-fd7rd]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1975">32:55</a> tells captain "Get some pointers so next time you can sail it across. " <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2007">33:27</a> he is home, with his wife sipping wine and singing in his studio. "Setting sail a crrrrrew so bold!!"

[@themadatheist1976]

Oh god, the singing....... MAKE IT STOP!

[@SparkDocs]

SAILING THE MED AND THE OPEN SEEEAS... 🎶

[@Condo.]

i like it

[@paulbeadle1714]

It made the program just listen to the words and sing along

[@miker..]

Agreed the singing is definitely the worst part 🤮

[@MeaHeaR]

@@SparkDocs Lol 🎼🎹🎸💃😀😀😁👍

[@loganlm10]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2274">37:54</a> they forgot to say “yep, that ain’t going anywhere” every time they touched a strap

[@patmcbride9853]

So the Doctor's ship is 114 feet long and the Mayflower was only 100 and only had sails.

[@Plasticjesus504]

@@DontCryAboutIt hahahaha I know right. Something seems a miss here.

[@soundmiami]

Jack lives in Florida but his trailer queen can't handle the "rough seas of the open Atlantic"? Guess he's limited to driving up and down the intercostal waterway.

[@haig6877]

Imagine spending all that money for a bitch of a boat

[@dbc2269]

I'm still pissed that he made the captain ride in the freight instead of buying him a flight 🤣

[@bedfordpower]

Captain was paid handsomely to take this voyage OK?

[@Deathbytrolling]

He didn't really though, the guy is just such a giant pussy about his gorillion dollar yacht he specifically sent him with it to make sure his baby was okay.

[@KugleeKuglee]

@@Deathbytrolling And overview the maintenance.

[@d.b.cooper1]

Lmao I mean if I had a full-time crew & captain on my payroll....I sure as hell would make them sail across the Atlantic like everyone else instead of blowing $120k on a pointless voyage that yatchs should be able to do anyway. Of course the captain stayed, it's literally his job

[@KugleeKuglee]

@@d.b.cooper1 This method much safer on the Atlantic than a voyage.

[@Giggidygiggidy12]

Friend of crew: so what did you do for the whole trip back Crew: Partied on a diff yacht every night

[@stefanbachrodt7072]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="490">8:10</a> Imagine if you got served champagne every time you towed or put your car on a flatbed...

[@michjesto2038]

Ya know!!!.... roadside recovery pops a bottle for you while changing your tyre lol

[@guardrailbiter]

I'd be amazed if the cost of that champagne was not included in the $130,000 bill.

[@stefanbachrodt7072]

@@guardrailbiter haha true although I'd happily fork over an extra 20 for a pack of cold ones, hell even a cola would do. Unfortunately my plan doesn't offer the service XD

[@bluecollardadventures2338]

imagine if you could do oil changes and tire rotations on your car as it was being hauled about LOL

[@cgsdesigns441]

SAILING THE SEAS.. SEARCHING FOR A PATH TO FLORIDA KEYYYSSS

[@sunsetlights100]

They even invent a song ...too much 🤯😂😆

[@chewadadu2511]

Owner: I've decided to ship the yacht across the North Atlantic instead of having you sail it. Captain: * hasn't seen family in years, doesn't want to die* Fantastic, sir! Great choice. Owner: Go with it.

[@minorcek]

the rich doctor seems like a total narcissist lol

[@mariavaldez7889]

dude I just thought the same thing, such a douche.

[@Unknown_Ooh]

@@mariavaldez7889 Most surgeons are. They don't get out much to learn how to socialize. Cardiothoracic and neuro surgrons are the worst since the majority think they're godlike.

[@troywalker8078]

The dyed hair told me that.

[@markmcc78]

The guys who work for him must hate their lives. Can you imagine working for this guy?! 😆

[@jaybeemhardscrote7466]

He doesnt want to do heart surgery anymore because 'what can you learn now by doing it 6,000 more times? It's just not interesting anymore.' Ah yes, we all know how people become drs because of how interesting it is, not for saving lives or anything. What a dbag

[@PugFaceMedia]

The owner was like “Captain have fun scraping barnacles for 12 days. My hot fiancé and I are gonna fly on my private jet to Florida”.

[@ot0m0t0]

I would do the same. Earn your money :) Im off for some lobsters. Id also get a hotter fiancee.....

[@PugFaceMedia]

@@ot0m0t0 lol

[@Squidly_Venture]

He'd probably need to only scrape barnacles once or twice because the boats stay dry throughout the trip and there's no way in hell they are going to scrape the yacht express itself.

[@dwh8310]

If that's a hot fiance' I'm Cheryl Ladd

[@jackjfjfjf]

She's not a hot fiance

[@ThunderAppeal]

'Priceless' yachts. They look like over sized fishing boats made from the same fiber glass that you would find in Florida. Damn, the rich just love grand standing.

[@oscargoldman85]

Cruising Yacht, Good Quality marine hull, top speed 30 knots: 3 million dollars. Identical Yacht with better engines, Bridge with Military Grade Hull, top speed 38 knots: 13 million dollars. The Top 20% of performance costs 80% of your budget.

[@ThunderAppeal]

@@oscargoldman85 And if they were all lost at sea very very very few people would miss them.

[@GruulFleury]

"The 20 bespoke yachts are too precious to sail across the Atlantic." Unbelievable.

[@aaronhess3081]

even if it were legal, you wouldn't see a $7 million F1 car cruising down the freeway...

[@flightevolution8132]

It's not unbelievable at all. Many of these yachts simply don't have the range or provisions to last the journey. Never mind the fact that some are too small to effectively break through larger waves.

[@freedomfreedom6544]

It’s just like when you take your bicycle on the bus

[@jhsanders8359]

@@freedomfreedom6544 Laughing at the visual of a billionaire riding a bus for his bike. Hilarious! Thank for that!

[@ChicoDusty]

Jack is the epitome of frivolous spending. He exudes all stereotypes of the super rich. Except one thing, he stayed with the original wife - props to staying with whom you originally brought to the dance.

[@paulbeadle1714]

Makes you wonder how much the doctor was charging for his work 🤔

[@jamgooandyou]

Roughly soeaking the yacht was $10,000,000 and he said about 6,000 heart surgeries so works out about $1,650 per surgery

[@nomdaploom]

He charged what patients or insurance companies were happy to pay him. A heart surgeon's worth more than a lot of people who have much bigger boats than his. But then if you were as smart as him, you'd know that and wouldn't have to wonder.

[@junrenong8576]

He’s a probably a doctor / specialist as well, so probably won’t just be surgeries, but as consultant as well.

[@2011blueman]

@@jamgooandyou It was a LOT more than that. Remember he has a nice house there in florida, likely another one in europe, he has to pay salaries and maintenance on the yacht with is roughly 10% of the purchase price per year. I'd guess the hospital billed him to the insurance company at $20K per surgery and the doctor got at least half of that. As you saw in this video heart surgeons generally become doctors for the money, saving patients is merely a byproduct.

[@sigudakwesikwesi985]

@@2011blueman It's not just heart surgeons..all doctors, just like their politician friends, are sworn to exploit and steal from the rest of us.

[@PAULdMCLEOD]

the soundtrack really is something special

[@erickamekonapeper4007]

😹🖖🏼

[@tjharrop]

Those narration songs are completely surreal and it’s my favourite part

[@tommymichael8341]

fun fact: this ship partially sank on June 22, 2020

[@bluecollardadventures2338]

oh my! next google search coming right up!

[@zip7806]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2017">33:37</a> Now that's Production Value using custom lyrics and Opera Singers.

[@troyhidvegi]

Oh I think they may be shanty singing Ooopa Loompas.............

[@mccari09]

Haha the songs! Can I hire the creators to narrate my life as I go about the day?

[@morkovija]

those sea shanties are so cheesy, its amazing

[@chriscaliri7977]

I love whoever does he animated parts lol

[@leonardhall7203]

I could retire on what he paid to ship his ship

[@2011blueman]

How? $120K isn't even close to enough for retirement unless maybe you live in a 3rd world country?

[@stevemcvay2220]

lol so you only plan on living what 2-3 year? maybe 5 max???

[@leonardhall7203]

You clowns should learn to pay your bills everything i have is paid for and I've already put money away.

[@Ole_CornPop]

@@leonardhall7203 I try to explain to people that any debt is a bad debt. I've never bought something I couldn't afford and I've paid cash in full for everything I've ever owned or own. Only negative is I have no credit whatsoever but when you don't need it anyways it's irrelevant.

[@erickamekonapeper4007]

Wow such drama in the song like they’re saving us all!!💩✌🏼

[@ZebraLens]

Gilligan's Island song vibe! Lol

[@dodgingbullets3503]

lol...la la la la la...........

[@johnoates3001]

I’d give anything to have been in the production meeting when the music director pitched those chants

[@cowboys4life702]

I guess now I’ll have to be a heart surgeon. I’ll name mine, Sapphire Blue.😗

[@MeaHeaR]

Wow that heart surgeon deserves every bit of his life-style after saving so many lives. Kudos to him 👍💗

[@felixcat9318]

The engineering, technology and craftsmanship necessary for such transports to safely take place are very impressive! Absolute professionalism! Thank you for this very interesting, informative and entertaining video!

[@philbarrett3739]

"20 Mega yachts"? My boat is as big as at least 2 of those and it didn't cost anywhere near a million!

[@YELLJapanPH]

I looooove the musicale style of narrating at some points haha! Thanks for showing the lyrics so viewers could sing along!

[@blest5132]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="204">3:24</a> is he really holding up the plans for a superyacht colored in crayons?

[@tygodankers6526]

yes... yes he did very profetional I must say :)

[@sailingcapedissappointment2012]

Better off with a crayon, you know how doctors signatures look made with a pen

[@lisadee1623]

Geez, that yacht looks like it could cross the Atlantic just fine with proper preparation and waiting for a good weather window. Lots of much smaller boats do it all the time (see Sailing La Vagabonde channel).

[@jmchez]

Not enough fuel capacity.

[@jeffwisemiller3590]

I thought the graphics were pretty cheesy but then they started singing, groan! Seen Dockwise in Nanaimo a few times, pretty amazing.

[@TheByard]

This program is always so dramatic, everything is a disaster waiting to happen. Yes disaster do happen but engineers and professionals plan them out. If they took more time to film those it would answer a lot more questions. Was the boat really held up by the Coast Guard, did they really have just two days to get there and lets hike up the drama being the first to load. So I have to blot out all the garbage and just watch the bits I like.

[@westcoaststacker569]

@@TheByard Agreed, seemed like manufactured drama.

[@JeandrePetzer]

:D Another islander in the wild

[@JeandrePetzer]

@@TheByard Right? The transport ship was literally purpose built and designed against all these disasters from happening, yet its all impending in the documentary 😏

[@xeric1953]

I’m just imagining two opera singers laughing in the booth as they sing about transporting a yacht

[@tiov3001]

Plot twist: it's Jack and his wife in their private studio, singing their hearts out drunk on champagne. But the servants are giggling in the other room.

[@Renny1953]

ten million for a yacht - you'd reckon he would have spent a bit more on the weave. It's undetectable at 15 nautical miles.

[@Ottensander]

7€ shipping costs: *deletes order*

[@ExploringCabinsandMines]

I'm planning on taking a 35 ft sailboat accross the ocean, how silly am I!

[@sarulaplays6861]

Good luck! Enjoy it :) I took a 45 ft boat across the Atlantic a few years ago. Was amazing!

[@Cadaverine1990]

I know right, they have top of the line charts, weather tracking and equipment but cant let that boat see more than a 2 foot wave :P

[@Ole_CornPop]

Al Grover took his 19' boat with twin outboards and a kicker 9.9 across the Atlantic making it the first boat to cross with outboards. There's a few documentaries about him here on KZbin and one interview that was recent.

[@freedomfreedom6544]

Not silly, just less successful so fewer options available. Maybe in the next life you can be more courageous with your career choices.

[@JeandrePetzer]

Bet at that net worth, Visa worries are a thing of the past. Money makes life so much easier. Also got to love how the the Captain just "decided" one day he'd sail the world on a private megayacht, as if it was a choice that we all got 😂

[@ericroubentz7989]

Correction: aircraft is AN 124 not AN 2 and it’s second large aircraft. Largest one is AN 225

[@errolG68]

Nice 👍 work everybody you did an amazing job congratulations and best wishes Kind Regards from Errol in South Africa 🇿🇦

[@fyrstikken]

Note to self: When building my mega-yacht, make sure it can fit inside an Antonov plane for moving around the world faster.

[@humptydumpty5763]

Top tip make it from Lego cos will float, it’s not heavy and you can take bits off it so it fits.

[@theTAILlor]

I knew I should have become a heart surgeon

[@LittleStitious]

Ok, you had me at the sweet songs 🤣

[@russiannorth2440]

very nice! like! I posted a video 4K of a pleasure boat in the north of Russia. Happy viewing)

[@antebellum45]

Bet the working crew who was involved in the ship laugh their asses off watching this... "The approaching Storm" when loading, diverting NORTH around a North moving Atlantic hurricane.... Bwaaahaaahaa😂😃😀😆😅😂😂🤣😂

[@JackF99]

This clip would have a lot more thumbs up if the whole thing had gone to the bottom.

[@bost91]

Baby, I’m start watching Spark more often 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽😩. I’m loving this channel learning new shit everyday

[@dionlindsay2]

It's fun how the speaker positions the yacht as something enormous. It's lovely but it's small as superyachts go.

[@bushranger51]

Note to narrator: The Antonov 124 ISN'T the biggest aircraft in the world, that honour goes to its bigger sister the Antonov 224 Mira.

[@farislatif8846]

LOL the song suit the video hehe

[@clecollins2673]

If those yacht hulls were not cleaned and anti-fouled during the voyage, someone needs to be fired on either side. One, for not selling that, and two, for not taking advantage of the drydock time.

[@rski1036]

Cleaning services are offered or you can do it yourself.

[@pcb1962]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="350">05:50</a> "Jack's Megayacht" roflmao it's 35m long FFS that's barely even a superyacht

[@winniethepooh3800]

*Why not just move the ships by, Y'know, SHIPPING*

[@MidTennPews]

Because it would cost more.

[@gregparrott]

The beginning of the video discusses conventional 'shipping'. Cost may be an issue. But they specifically mention that shipping imposes more risk of safety and damage issues. Also, few ports have cranes large enough to lift 165 tons, let alone to a height of 50 feet or more. Also the 165 ton yacht discussed here is considered only a 'small' size mega yacht. Some are over 1000 tons. The largest is 16,000 tons (as much as the transport ship itself). The transport ship is probably limited to ship under ~250 tons. Given this, a.lot of travel and scheduling issues are averted by having this ship able come to various ports.

[@mariavaldez7889]

@@gregparrott it's a joke, get a sense of humor

[@johnbyron8525]

@@mariavaldez7889 how about you chill! He was sharing great information and gave no indication of lacking a sense of humor. If intelligence offends you, you should keep it to yourself.

[@Thebigmanmetaldetecting]

Love the channel but the singing is soul destroying, completely ruins the viewing experience

[@douglascroghan9657]

No it,s not, I like the singing. Makes me laugh, get a sense of humor dude !!!

[@nicktzam]

Surely " Jack " would have informed the skipper about the modifications re the stabilizers..such and important feature of a vessel that big

[@cwm7930]

Is Jack really sailing FL's coast? Seems like he's riding it.

[@ralphschutz5475]

That Music/Singing is truly annoying and makes viewing very unpleasent!

[@sv3351]

The first yacht sold in 2014 so this show must be close to 10 years old!

[@McCarlSpeed]

I actually looked this up, and Hurricane Omar was in 2008. It appears the doctor started a practice in FL sometime a few years ago.

[@jimbeckettplay]

Not in my wildest dreams did I think this market existed...

[@michaelmaas5544]

I have a good friend that ships horses around the world just for shows not as crazy but pretty interesting

[@deanflet973]

I can do without the Music please it's really annoying just saying.🤨

[@corujariousa]

So a man designs his own yacht and spends $10M to build it but the vessel cannot withstand an ocean trip... Genius!😒

[@jaybeemhardscrote7466]

Song: *"Filling up the tanks once more.... Sinking to the ocean floor!"* Me: well, sinking 13m but yeah sure.

[@robbiemckenzie100]

Okay lol. Imagine a plane crashing and a yatch popping out.

[@icon-mq3ly]

What a marvel of engineering, stellar

[@FixNewsPlease]

It's ridiculous a vessel of this size can't make an Atlantic crossing. lol That captain should be replaced.

[@rski1036]

Not the captains fault. She was built as the OWNER wanted.

[@FixNewsPlease]

@@rski1036 The vessel is easily capable of a crossing. The Captain is an idiot. Hire a real one and save a bundle.

[@dionjones7440]

imagine them labours grinding and then cleaning rhem welds.. oh my dayssss

[@cessnan411ce5]

The songs that pop up and sing about transporting yachts reminds me of North Korean propaganda where every song is about Kim il Sung / Jong il / Jong Un

[@feyaia]

Fascinating and very entertaining. Thank You.

[@SGudur]

It was awesome to watch this documentary... Wonderful.. Loved it...

[@davidpethick83]

Made me sick poor MOTHER EARTH to have to supply human greed&excess sad reflection as the planet becomes uninhaital for the other 99.9%

[@donalddobson7568]

Cant imagine them building a huge yacht that cannot dare cross an ocean?

[@bmell1252]

They need to have those pendulums in airplane cockpits.

[@jaybeemhardscrote7466]

Never knew we needed to combine documentaries and musicals and now we know, don't.

[@teresarichardson4621]

This was major and that lady is extraordinary 😯 I'd love an opportunity to Shadow those responsibilities.

[@teresarichardson4621]

@enochian seven very much so.😁

[@Lighthouse6b]

For a smaller boat - I shipped my 52 Sea Ray from Ft Lauderdale to St Thomas and back a few years later for about 20 k each way about ten years ago with Dockwise.

[@pgo2372]

Nobody cares.

[@dennislaflare2293]

Hater

[@sabereaseera1384]

I guess this is the same as those semis that transport cars

[@russiannorth2440]

very nice! like! I posted a video 4K of a pleasure boat in the north of Russia. Happy viewing)

[@callisto8232]

Great video, very interesting!

[@ec6933]

Maybe I'm lazy but I wouldn't want this responsibility for $160 million lol. This level of engineering is psychotic.

[@lolafalana2021]

This must be from the 80s cuz now days we have micro hair grafts that look completely natural.

[@AdamWeatherall]

Please find whomever produced the musical interludes for this and tell them to stop it...

[@claudemaximus9409]

The guy is a hart surgeon and forgot this huge piece of information ?..

[@cowboybill8457]

This was well done !!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks!! Well informative

[@joecold8200]

I was an engineer on The Black Pearl with Johnny Depp. This is quite impressive. Yes, aye, err matey

[@arilwaja]

Im honourable with full hand thankful if any millionaire give me this yatch for a good sake and good helpful for help peoples whose in need our help..if millionaires out there dont know how to use it when you dont want it anymore, i am one of them can take care with full of my heart..please give me to use it..thank you.

[@Simfight]

This is a very well done video.

[@Condo.]

i do love the music u make for these vids

[@Veikra]

Im your boi Xzibit and I heard you like boats right? So I put your boat on a boat !

[@TEAMALSTARE]

i can't believe someone would be afraid to sail such a big yatch across the ocean.

[@michjesto2038]

$120,000 to ship.... a ship!!!?????

[@jmchez]

Some of those yachts are only licensed to be no more than 150 miles from any port! Also, they don't have fuel tanks big enough for a 3,000-mile crossing. It's ironic that small sailing boats can cross the Atlantic or Pacific Oceans with only a two-man crew.

[@ulrichkristensen4087]

@@jmchez because they are floating dock queens, take any yacht with a ocean class CE A, and they could do the job, if they have enough fuel, a 100 footer should have at least 7-10000 liter tanks onboard, go slow 10 knots np, but in any ship i would be cautious to cross in the hurricane season 10-20 meter waves are no fun

[@oscargoldman85]

Heres a really interesting topic...... Made painfully tedious by a contrived emergency they are (obviously not) trying to solve in time. MyGod I hate free to air TV... even before the ads start.

[@russiannorth2440]

very nice! like! I posted a video 4K of a pleasure boat in the north of Russia. Happy viewing)

[@bearlemley]

Jack, good for you man. Time to head now for costs rica and or Panama for the hurricane season !

[@carlossandersoncastillo8934]

I keep counting 15. Not 21 yachts

[@stevefox3763]

So basically, the surgeon became one just for the money and not because hes driven to save lives.

[@gregparrott]

While I don't envy his lifestyle choice, he put in his time, saved a lot of lives and is entitled to do what he wants without you impugning ill will about his character.. I knew a heart doctor... ridiculous amount of college, followed by an even longer intern period, more tests, never ending seminars/training, almost ALWAYS on call, even when he was not officially 'on call'. Finally at age 61, he started freeing himself to do other activities - got into equestrian riding, bought a Porsche, some fancy woodworking tools, etc. Then at age 62, he suddenly died, of all things, an issue with a stent. He never smoked, rarely drank more than an occasional beer, and was always in good shape. So much for 'the good life'.

[@BL-jt3qt]

@@gregparrott So you think that all of that gave him the 'right' to ridiculously overcharge his patients? You must be a Doctor to justify this Greed.

[@gregparrott]

@@BL-jt3qt I'm a doctor? I doubt I know any more about the field than you do, which isn't much. But ignoring your baseless accusation, let's return to what I said. NONE of it attempted to justify the costs, thereby rendering your conspiratorial accusation moot). It just sounds like you're a hard core socialist who supports impugning of a person's character simply based on them making a lot of money (BTW: I'm a democrat). I simply oppose people ranting about someone else just because they made a lot of money. Most of my comment focussed on one, personal experience, that of someone who worked extremely hard for a long, LONG time, paid his dues, and I never begrudged him for doing so. In my first year in college, I took a course in organic chemistry (which makes inorganic chemistry look trite). This is an early prerequisite for getting into the medical field. It didn't take long before I was absolutely sick of the level of rote memorization required and switched to engineering. Having worked 40 years in the field, I look back knowing I never had the discipline it would have taken to become a doctor. P.S. The odds are that a large fraction of his millions were NOT made strictly from surgery. if this doctor is at all like the one I knew, he socked away most of his earnings into investments rather than living lavishly during his decades of service.They're able to hire smart investment firms that only work with 'high value' customers. (that leaves me out). They also hire smart accountants to take advantage of tax laws for businesses. Personally, I would prefer that taxes fall more on corporations than the individual. But, that's the way it has been, and thanks to trump, that imbalance has been made considerably worse. The doctor I knew formed a corporation with three other doctors, both for tax and liability insurance purposes.

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@@gregparrott Two simple facts............ the U.S. Health Care Industry is ranked at being the 37th worst of all of the industrialized countries in the world while being ranked as having the highest costing health care in the entire world. That quite clearly shows that Greed is the priority of the U.S. Health Care System. If this 'doctor' had not intentionally and knowingly overcharged all of his patients, he would not have had all of that excess cash to invest. I laughed at your closing comment of doctors forming a corporation..... the whole health care industry does that to avoid the liabilities, it allows them to literally get away with fraud and murder.

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@@BL-jt3qt Yes, I am aware that our healthcare system is a mess. I am also aware that lawyers/litigation are a driver for doctors forming corporations and represent a very disproportionate cost on the healthcare system. Back around 2005, the doctor I knew said that despite never having had a claim filed against him, the hospital required that he form a corporation and cover his own insurance. He paid over $250k/year for liability insurance. Now THAT's a scam. Renowned doctors may be able to set their own price. But most have prices set by some combination of the hospitals, insurance companies, trade unions, etc. I imagine this serves both to keep prices high as well as to prevent one doctor from undercutting another. Aside from the statistics showing how ridiculously expensive our medical system is, I had an accident where it was suggested I be transported to a hospital for observation in case there was a brain injury. Although I felt OK, I said 'sure'. It seemed like they stalled, over 24 hours before doing an MRI, so I wound up spending nearly 48 hours before leaving. Although nothing more was required or done other than tests, the total costs were over $23,000 of which I paid $4700. I'm sure the $18k balance was negotiated way down by insurance companies. If that wasn't bad enough, a couple of straggler bills later appeared from 'independent contractors'. My beef is more with the system, than the individual.