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Prices could probably drop if the market was saturated with doctors. And the best way to do that would be eliminating medical-school debt.
by sharts 3y ago
Prices could probably drop if the market was saturated with doctors. And the best way to do that would be eliminating medical-school debt.
- ffhhttt 3y agoI thought the limited number of residencies was the real bottleneck?
- patmorgan23 3y agoBoth
- patmorgan23 3y agoBoth are important. The high cost of medical school means people are only going to try and go for the specialties that pay the most (surgery, oncology, radiology, etc) leaving a shortage of Drs in other specialties like primary care/family medicine. Primary care reimbursement rates also need to be raised and we need more preventative treatments that insurance is required to pay for.
- bravura 3y agoI'm comparing to the best public healthcare system I'm personally familiar with (Germany) and saying: * Medical-school debt is not a thing here. * Prices are low. * I know doctors who can't make a sustainable income to keep their small practices open. Somewhat puzzlingly, for a handful of services, there can a medium length delay in getting an appointment because of how busy the doctors are. This is definitely all much better than the situation is in Canada, where the typical person struggled even to get a GP, and friends with cancer would be forced to wait a life-imperiling year to get a routine scan that be the difference between life and death.