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[–]SundogsPlace 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (7 children)

I'll call it, Leftist Self Defeating Propaganda. Forget costs, a scorpion vaccine in Mexico, $100, same exact vaccine in the good ole USA, something like $26,000.

See the scam? Someone's going into anaphylactic shock, they either die, or get something, anything, in this case just several thousand percent more than the original profit margin. Keep your crap authoritarianism, I mean socialism, I apologize :)

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

need price controls as well. also need more doctors so their average salary goes down. AMA is a guild.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Doctors are not overpaid. The healthcare vendor system is overpaid.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

both overpaid. the reason doctors are overpaid tho is supply and demand, not that many of them, high need for their services. AMA only allows so many students into med schools each year, they need to expand it. also hospitals are in collusion, need to nationalize them along with universal single payer

[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They are also paid because they sacrifice their entire youth by dedicating it to medicine.

  • You need straight A's in college (sacrifice 18-23)
  • Dedication to med school (sacrifice 23-27)
  • Tortured abuse of residency for $40K/year and +80 hours of work/week (sacrifice 27- 29/31)
  • Fellowship (optional) not so bad, but $45K/yr when you could make more

When all is said and done they've committed an addtional 8-12 continuous years to medicine before they start making money.
On top of that they have about $250,000 in debt (unless their parents have that kind of money collecting dust).

This is not a trivial sacrifice.

[–]Alduin 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You think nationalizing them will make them less in collusion? Why would you think that?

[–]Alduin 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The healthcare vendor system is monopolistic because of regulatory capture. They have more of a free market in Mexico, which is why Americans keep going over there for cheaper care.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Rockefeller medicine ruined healthcare.