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Erich Bloodaxe BSN

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1. Or we could restructure how we pay doctors afterwards as well.

Reply to bossy22 (Original post)

Fri May 30, 2014, 02:33 PM

May 2014

Pay all of the college costs upfront, and quit paying doctors through the nose afterwards, to cut the cost of healthcare in this country. Pay them more along the same lines as nurses, since they won't have any giant bills to pay off after graduation. That would seriously drop the cost of surgery, for instance.

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Let's talk about Healthcare EDUCATION reform [View all] bossy22 May 2014 OP

Or we could restructure how we pay doctors afterwards as well. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #1

you can't pay a doctor the pay of a nurse bossy22 May 2014 #3

Actually, Nurse Practitioners are replacing a number of doctors. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #5

I was referring more to RNs in my post bossy22 May 2014 #8

on the cost of surgery bossy22 May 2014 #11

The government already thought of your idea (and implemented it) frazzled May 2014 #2

I did not know this- thank you for the information bossy22 May 2014 #4

It goes for law schools too ... frazzled May 2014 #6

I've heard that those programs have been scaled back significantly bossy22 May 2014 #10

There are also doctors and nurses that work in remote areas of this country to pay their loans back. jwirr May 2014 #7

It sounds like a good idea bossy22 May 2014 #9

That National Health Service Sgent May 2014 #12

Then this would work for a lot of people. I was worried about being sent to war. I have friends who jwirr May 2014 #13