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I'm all for free healthcare, but this is a legitimate concern due to exorbitant education costs. Doctors often enter the field with high 6 figure or low 7 figu
by axaxs 8y ago
I'm all for free healthcare, but this is a legitimate concern due to exorbitant education costs. Doctors often enter the field with high 6 figure or low 7 figure debts, with the expectation they'll make enough to pay it off quickly. I can't see a fair path to lower salaries without subsidizing outstanding debts.
- tootie 8y agoFirst, let's not use the phrase "free healthcare" because it's never going to be free. It's more about how we as a society choose to pay the cost. Secondly, reducing the barriers to getting a good medical education could easily be part of the solution. I also think there is a clear downward spiral that occurs when doctors earn exorbitant income, then medical school becomes more in demand, then prices increase, then salaries have to compensate and so on.
- sanderjd 8y agoDo any of these bills attempt to dig us out of that doctor debt / high salary hole?
- british_india 8y agoSo why is medical school so expensive? It's staffed with obscenely highly paid doctors. It's self perpetuating.