alt Hacker NewsWhy do doctors need to be paid integer multiples more in the US than every other country on earth? This is not rhetorical, I mean it sincerely.
And I’m aware that medical debt is a big issue, but it seems like a chicken-or-the-egg type problem. Of course you can charge $500k for a medical degree when the doctor can make it back and then some in 5-10 years.
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thorncorona • yesterday at 9:13 PM
because in the us everything is integer multiple times more expensive
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tptacek • yesterday at 8:17 PM
They don't! It's a huge problem! It's probably the problem in US health care, which, despite my own belief that single-payer is bad policy, is in fact a total shitshow.
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Nurses are also highly-paid in the USA (relative to other developed countries), and they make up a large part of the wage expenditure in the system. This may not make a difference to your point, but it is important to note that doctors are not the whole problem.