We live in a society

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[–][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?