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Welcome to America. Live and learn. But because you took more pay they have to find others who will take the offer at a lower salary. For you, welcome to capitalism. You get paid more because of knowledge or experience. Quit feeling offended for others and be thankful you both have jobs in a free economy. You can always move on if you don't like it.
Always try to negotiate when you can, if salary is not on the table, I do try to focus on benefits and those other types of perks. I didn’t know that starting out and learned lessons the hard way. You need to be your own advocate, companies will not do it for you.
$40/hour is kinda on the low side for medical... Medical techs are getting that.
I think this holds true across positions and industries. There's almost always some wiggle room. It's on you as a candidate to determine how much and maximize your TC.