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> Health, just like fire fighting, should not be a for-profit business. US has a reasonable share of non-profit hospitals and other medical institutions, but t
by prostoalex 8y ago
> Health, just like fire fighting, should not be a for-profit business.
US has a reasonable share of non-profit hospitals and other medical institutions, but the prices are not drastically different.
Random googling suggests that average doctor salary in Los Angeles is in the range $195,335–$254,517. Across the pond average doctor salary in Ireland is quoted at €48,020. For context, a registered nurse in California is making on average $94,120.
European or Asian medical professionals go to medical or nursing school with the goals of joining the middle class. In the US "graduated med school" is synonymous with raking in cash.
- maxxxxx 8y ago"US has a reasonable share of non-profit hospitals and other medical institutions, but the prices are not drastically different" Your mistake is to think that nonprofit means that they don't make profit. They still pay a ton of money to their administrators and doctors. And the rest of the profit goes into fancy buildings.