re: #774 Surabaya Stew

In countries with Socialized medicine, physicians make the same amount depending on their schedule and specialties. I can tell you that in the UK (from my Aunt who is a GP for the NHS), she makes 45,000 quid per year, working 3/4 time (that is, 33 1/4 hours a week) and she has 1,500 patients under her care! No way that happens here…

I was listening to an NPR interview with a German doctor who came to the states because he could make much more money. He felt bad about it, but in the end, he worked hard to become a doctor, and felt that there was nothing wrong in trying to get compensated for it.

This was NPR.