Posted by jane d on November 16, 2011, at 18:49:06
In reply to Re: The top 1% » sdb, posted by Dinah on November 16, 2011, at 16:19:28
> I've got no problems with doctors earning a lot. I certainly had no desire to go to med school. And my son, when very young, when asked if he wanted to be a doctor said "I don't want the responsibility of life and death."
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> Smart kid.I agree. Smart kid.
But I do have a problem with doctors' salaries. They are the beneficiaries of a government enforced monopoly that says that all sorts of services can only be provided by doctors. And the AMA lobbies endlessly to maintain that private preserve. At the same time the number of doctors is limited not by the number of people with the ability or willingness to do the job but by a limit on the number of residencies. Which inflates their salaries. And the end result is people doing without care.
I read an article recently asserting that salaries were a significant reason for our high overall health care costs. Unfortunately I don't remember where. But if this is true than I think this is soon going to be a problem for even more people.
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