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"There are too few doctors, and of course we want to get as much productivity as we can out of those that we have, and financial incentive is the very best way known to do that.''
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That is probably the only choice they had, seeing as the shortage of doctors in Canada is intense. I am wondering why so few doctors wish to work there, despite such high compensation!
 
I don't completely understand why the salary cap was there in the first place - basically if a doctor earns a certain amount of money (say $300,000) they would have to stop practicing for the rest of year because they couldn't earn more than their cap/year. Many doctors would reach their cap in ~6-8 months and then just wouldn't be able to work for the rest of the year.

My understanding of the Canadian heath system though is very slim and I'm not sure whether or not the cap has a major impact on why there is such a doctor shortage there? I think a lot of it has to do with their universal health care, which would explain why so few doctors are taking new patients, why so many ER's are on the brink of closing, and why waiting times for checkups/surgeries are astronomical.
 
Salvorix said:
I don't completely understand why the salary cap was there in the first place - basically if a doctor earns a certain amount of money (say $300,000) they would have to stop practicing for the rest of year because they couldn't earn more than their cap/year. Many doctors would reach their cap in ~6-8 months and then just wouldn't be able to work for the rest of the year.

My understanding of the Canadian heath system though is very slim and I'm not sure whether or not the cap has a major impact on why there is such a doctor shortage there? I think a lot of it has to do with their universal health care, which would explain why so few doctors are taking new patients, why so many ER's are on the brink of closing, and why waiting times for checkups/surgeries are astronomical.
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That really is quite ridiculous! What were they thinking?

They can hardly be the only country with universal health care, right? This business stuff is more exciting than I expected!
 
Do american docs get paid anything close to those figures?
 
vpv said:
Do american docs get paid anything close to those figures?
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What we get paid completely depends on our field, location, and business model. Would be from 100K up generally depending on location. before taxes of course lol.
 
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