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Weird to see a country talk about their healthcare workers not being absurdly overpaid. In the US, our nurses buy half million dollar homes. The physicians hav

Weird to see a country talk about their healthcare workers not being absurdly overpaid. In the US, our nurses buy half million dollar homes. The physicians have their own little city in the suburbs composed of multimillion dollar homes. (Artificially) high wages are bad for the customer, and we sure see the effects.

imzadi 3y ago
RNs and MDs might be paid well, but the frontline staff often is not. Medical assistants, nursing assistants, paramedics, pharmacy technicians, etc. They often have low wages and no benefits.
fallingfrog 3y ago
Well if it’s so overpaid why aren’t you doing it? Have you ever talked to a nurse? The stress they go through is absurd.
- resource_waste 3y ago
  There are regulations in-place to limit the supply. If I did it, someone else would lose their license. And yes, I'm considering bumping someone out of med-school and residency. I am a 1%er, I'll get in.
  - BizarroLand 3y ago
    Your worldview seems to be very small. I would not count your personal experiences with any gravity.
  - fallingfrog 3y ago
    The lack of self awareness from a 1%er who thinks it would be easy to work overnight shifts inserting catheters and dealing with emergencies is quite amusing. My sister is a nurse; a respiratory specialist. One of her job duties is to be the person who has to turn off the ventilator when someone can no longer be saved. Try doing that over and over again with the family watching.
gruez 3y ago
>In the US, our nurses buy half million dollar homes Is that supposed to be outrageous? Given how much rise we've seen in house prices in the past few years I'm not really sure whether that's supposed to mean they're underpaid or overpaid. Why not just say their mean annual pay is $94,480 compared to $65,470 for all occupations[1]? [1] https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm
pphysch 3y ago
Half million gets you little/nothing in a lot of US metros
floor2 3y ago
I'm pretty sure this was just trolling, but, I'm 100% ok with nurses buying "half million dollar homes". That's just what a house costs in most places a nurse would live. MDs may be overpaid and there are a lot of problems with how residency works in the US (both in terms of too-few residents and abusive treatment of the few who get in) but nurses are absolutely not overpaid for the work they do.
onemoresoop 3y ago
> In the US, our nurses buy half million dollar homes. Dude, half a million for a home ain't what it used to be, it's just below average home. Why would a nurse not afford a home?
Sohcahtoa82 3y ago
> In the US, our nurses buy half million dollar homes. I sure hope they do! Do you even know what a half-million dollar home looks like in any major city? Hell, my house is only 3 bedroom and 1800 sq feet, and it's worth $550K. If this house was in the SF Bay area, it'd probably be $1.0-1.5M.

imzadi 3y ago

RNs and MDs might be paid well, but the frontline staff often is not. Medical assistants, nursing assistants, paramedics, pharmacy technicians, etc. They often have low wages and no benefits.

fallingfrog 3y ago

Well if it’s so overpaid why aren’t you doing it? Have you ever talked to a nurse? The stress they go through is absurd.

resource_waste 3y ago
There are regulations in-place to limit the supply. If I did it, someone else would lose their license. And yes, I'm considering bumping someone out of med-school and residency. I am a 1%er, I'll get in.
- BizarroLand 3y ago
  Your worldview seems to be very small. I would not count your personal experiences with any gravity.
- fallingfrog 3y ago
  The lack of self awareness from a 1%er who thinks it would be easy to work overnight shifts inserting catheters and dealing with emergencies is quite amusing. My sister is a nurse; a respiratory specialist. One of her job duties is to be the person who has to turn off the ventilator when someone can no longer be saved. Try doing that over and over again with the family watching.

gruez 3y ago

>In the US, our nurses buy half million dollar homes Is that supposed to be outrageous? Given how much rise we've seen in house prices in the past few years I'm not really sure whether that's supposed to mean they're underpaid or overpaid. Why not just say their mean annual pay is $94,480 compared to $65,470 for all occupations[1]? [1] https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm

pphysch 3y ago

Half million gets you little/nothing in a lot of US metros

floor2 3y ago

I'm pretty sure this was just trolling, but, I'm 100% ok with nurses buying "half million dollar homes". That's just what a house costs in most places a nurse would live. MDs may be overpaid and there are a lot of problems with how residency works in the US (both in terms of too-few residents and abusive treatment of the few who get in) but nurses are absolutely not overpaid for the work they do.

onemoresoop 3y ago

> In the US, our nurses buy half million dollar homes. Dude, half a million for a home ain't what it used to be, it's just below average home. Why would a nurse not afford a home?

Sohcahtoa82 3y ago

> In the US, our nurses buy half million dollar homes. I sure hope they do! Do you even know what a half-million dollar home looks like in any major city? Hell, my house is only 3 bedroom and 1800 sq feet, and it's worth $550K. If this house was in the SF Bay area, it'd probably be $1.0-1.5M.