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A key fact about U.S. health care few people take seriously:
Most doctors and many nurses make very large salaries. Any real solution to health care, including single payer, would have to bring salaries back in line with other professions and countries.
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Most doctors and many nurses make very large salaries. Any real solution to health care, including single payer, would have to bring salaries back in line with other professions and countries.
marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolu…
The average general practitioner in Belgium makes $61,000. The average general practitioner in Sweden makes $66,000.
In the United States, the average general practitioner makes $161,000. The average registered nurse makes $73,550.
nursesalaryguide.net/registered-nur…
journal.practicelink.com/vital-stats/ph…
In the United States, the average general practitioner makes $161,000. The average registered nurse makes $73,550.
nursesalaryguide.net/registered-nur…
journal.practicelink.com/vital-stats/ph…
Some more thoughts:
Yes, the cost of college and medical school is astronomical. Any real solution would have to address that.
And yes, European countries provide better social services. But European doctors and nurses also play substantially more tax on their smaller salaries.
Yes, the cost of college and medical school is astronomical. Any real solution would have to address that.
And yes, European countries provide better social services. But European doctors and nurses also play substantially more tax on their smaller salaries.
