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And, in the US, you could pay all doctors $1 and you'd still be left with more expensive healthcare than most western countries...
by rscho 5y ago
And, in the US, you could pay all doctors $1 and you'd still be left with more expensive healthcare than most western countries...
- refurb 5y agoPlease show your math.
- rscho 5y agoI'm not trying to convince anyone. That was just a passing observation on my part because, as an MD, I have a very good idea of why healthcare is expensive. But I lost any hope of making anyone who's not working the clinics understand this
- SkyPuncher 5y ago> First, according to multiple sources, doctors’ salaries account for only about 8% of U.S. healthcare costs. Even a 40% cut in these salaries, which the Kaiser Family Foundation concluded would result from reimbursing providers at current Medicare rates, would reduce healthcare spending by only about 3%. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-09-14/dont-blame-doctor-pay-for-the-high-cost-of-u-s-healthcare https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-09-14/dont-blame-...