Quote:
Originally Posted by JustJess
Anyway... this is my actual contribution:
We will never have nationalized healthcare in the US because the doctors would never allow it. Think about the salaries of doctors now... and after the government is in charge of their pay. One of the simplest reasons for that is that schooling to become a doctor is both grueling and HUGELY expensive. They are several hundred thousand dollars in debt by the time they're done.
|
In Oz, upfront going to University is free, though you accumulate a HECs debt (though this can be paid upfront at a discount). This is actually paid off through the taxation system once you are earning over a set amount, so here at least the training to become a doctor is not hugely expensive.