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"In 2013, 124,000 people applied for the combined 85,000 slots in the first five-day period." Considering that Americans seem to have little difficulty affordi
by blub5 13y ago
"In 2013, 124,000 people applied for the combined 85,000 slots in the first five-day period."
Considering that Americans seem to have little difficulty affording computers and software, yet continue to bankrupted by health care costs, wouldn't it make a lot more sense to give those 85k visas to cheap doctors from overseas to drive down medical costs, instead of giving them to cheap foreign programmers to drive down the wages of American developers?
- ucr 13y agoI don't think doctor/nurse salaries are the main cost in medical care. Probably not even close.
- stephencanon 13y agoThat might make sense, if it wasn't for the fact that those "cheap doctors from overseas" can't practice medicine without a license, which requires that they complete an american residency program regardless of their existing qualifications. No matter how many immigrants you bring in, the number of residency slots is fixed (and is already smaller than the pool of qualified M.D.s). Residency exists in part to limit the supply of physicians and ensure that wages remain high. It's a nice little (100% legal) wage-fixing cabal.
- serge2k 13y agoExcept that won't work because they will just come over and charge the same as every other doctor.
- markdown 13y agoUntil their second week when they discover that due to increased competition, they have to lower their rates.