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basselope

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13. Doesn't that depend on why they became doctors?

Wed Mar 23, 2016, 10:18 PM

Mar 2016

I had a friend in Australia, where they have that split system.

While we were in the middle of the Obamacare debate, he spoke up to a group of people who were against it and despite the fact that he was what Australia would consider a right wing nut, he shut everyone up really quick.

"Do you know where you go when you're sick? The public clinics, because they are the people who are actually interested in making you feel better, the private people are just gonna run as many tests as possible to get your money".

So.. if you have a doctor who became a doctor for the financial reward alone, then yes, salary doesn't work. However, if they actually want to help people.. it doesn't matter how they get paid. They will do their job because they want to make people better.

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30% of all healthcare spending is waste...$750B a year..more than the military budget [View all] True Earthling Mar 2016 OP

Like the doctors that give antibiotics... scscholar Mar 2016 #1

I went to the emergency room when I broke my collar bone angstlessk Mar 2016 #2

You call it waste. moondust Mar 2016 #3

Slow down there a little bit. basselope Mar 2016 #4

Put doctors on salaries. But then the problem reverses Recursion Mar 2016 #5

Doesn't that depend on why they became doctors? basselope Mar 2016 #13

That same argument applies right now Recursion Mar 2016 #15

You'd have to read my post from earlier... basselope Mar 2016 #16

This has been known for years. HuckleB Mar 2016 #6

Nope, you can't blame this one on insurance. It's even worse with Medicare. Recursion Mar 2016 #7

Yes, I can. HuckleB Mar 2016 #8

Well, sure, you can, if you don't mind ignoring the actual problem Recursion Mar 2016 #9

That doesn't change the reality of private health care bureaucracy. HuckleB Mar 2016 #10

Because you aren't actually saying anything. There's nothing to "see" Recursion Mar 2016 #11

You keep pretending. HuckleB Mar 2016 #12

It's not. Private insurance overhead is about 2% of health care spending Recursion Mar 2016 #14

That's absolutely untrue. Overhead was 30% of insurance cost before Obamacare brought it to ~20% hedda_foil Mar 2016 #17

And? Recursion Mar 2016 #18