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> Taiwanese doctors don't get paid in money. > They get paid "credits" which have to be exchanged for money based on a parallel financial system. This is real
by xwvvvvwx 9y ago
> Taiwanese doctors don't get paid in money.
> They get paid "credits" which have to be exchanged for money based on a parallel financial system.
This is really interesting. Had a quick google and couldn’t find anything. Do you have a link with more details?
- netsharc 9y agoMaybe they get paid with blockchain-based currency. (I kid..) Maybe he means doctors get paid with status, and if you're a doctor you get better rates for loans.
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- peterburkimsher 9y agoA blockchain-based currency would be cool, and not totally different to the current system. All I know is what a medical student at church told me - I'll have to confirm later. But I know that it's not payment as status - the doctors' salaries are set in a parallel currency, which has a changing exchange rate with real NTD. I'll find out and reply.
- netsharc 9y agoI think Germany has a similar system, at least for dentists. A simple check is 1 unit, root canals have more units, and the insurance sets the rate how many Euroes a unit costs...
- peterburkimsher 9y agoOk, I found out that what I heard about was the balance insurance premium, which adjusted from 4.25% to 4.55% to 5.17%. But I also think I heard that it affects things like years to work to pay off student debt, and retirement. So I think there's more to it. As I remember, it sounded like a parallel currency where doctors fees are tightly regulated, and these "exchange rates" determine their actual salary. But maybe this is my financial ignorance showing. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3405348/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3405348/