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Ok generally doctors, patients, politicians all agree that the healthcare system needs to change. Healthcare is expensive and it is something that no one wants to pay for out of their own pocket. It should be made mandatory for peoples own good. If i had a choice not to pay for my car insurance i wouldnt. I and many other americans would assume im not going to get into an accident and save myself the money. Well that is the case with health insurance right now, people assume that nothing major is going to happen so why pay the extra money. People will keep assuming that until its too late.
I can agree with you here.
Thats why the government needs to step in. Universal healthcare is not going to force young doctors to switch fields or keep new doctors from coming in. This hasnt happened in any other country, medicine is still one of the most competitive and highest paid fields in Canada and Europe.
Ever lived in Europe? Their outlook on life and lifestyle is 180 degrees the opposite of people in the states.
US physician salaries will never go below these countries because US physicians have greater education debt.
You are correct. However, I don't want US physicians' salaries to come even close to Canadian or European salaries
If it were ever to go below that of Canadian physician salaries than many US physicians will immigrate to Canada, which would make our shortage even more severe.
Physicians will not leave the US to practice elsewhere. The reason they would leave medicine is because of the setting in which they practice. Most physicians in my life that I have worked with and talked to do not enjoy practicing medicine because of managed care. This will only get worse under a socialized system.
The government is not stupid; they will not let this happen.
This is a fairly naive statement.
And as for quality of care is concerned, I think the best solution is to have private and public medicine. If you can pay for private care than youll recieve the best quality. If not than you will have to wait and be provided with mediocre quality. I know this seems unfair but like I said earlier healthcare is expensive and someone has to pay for it, it cannot just be provided.
This practice was illegal in Canada until several years ago. It was also illegal under Hillary's healthcare plan in the early 1990's (one of the reasons it was so heavily ridiculed).