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I am a bit biased here, for I am married to an American Physician. She works longer hours than I do. Her work is much more stressful (literally, life and death
by lr1970 5y ago
I am a bit biased here, for I am married to an American Physician.
She works longer hours than I do. Her work is much more stressful (literally, life and death decisions almost every day). She can be sued for malpractice while I can only be fired for my screw ups. Her Medical education (undergrad + MD + medical residency) took three times as long as my Engineering degree with much larger student debt at the end.
And yet, as an SWE I make more money than she does. American doctors and nurses are not overpaid, certainly not if compared to the SWE crowd at HN.
American health care is a chaotic poorly organized mess with lots of money simply going to waste. Bringing an order to it (single payer system is one example) can restore some sanity, fairness and financial accountability.
- bradleyjg 5y ago> with lots of money simply going to waste What does this look like? Is there money going into the system that’s not going to anyone / any company at all?
- lr1970 5y ago>> with lots of money simply going to waste > What does this look like? Is there money going into the system that’s not going to anyone / any company at all? It means that money efficiency and productivity are low. A surgeon is idling because an OR is not setup because stuff is poorly organized, etc. It was mentioned in this thread already that with similar outcomes US healthcare costs are way higher than comparable systems in other countries. Low efficiency per dollar is a money waste. EDIT: formatting.