Hi all...Before I answer the question on whether doctors get paid too
much, I wanted to research a little on the reasoning behind their high
salaries.
According to Slate (2009), American doctors are amongst they
highest paid doctors, making 4x more than French and British
doctors. One of the reasons for this is because American doctors
have to pay for the hefty education, where's French and British get
their medical education for free right after High School. The other
reason is that American does not have a single payer system. In
France and Britain, healthcare is ruled by the government, meaning
they have universal healthcare for all. With this into place, the
government is able to bargain down the prices of treatments. This is
also the main reason why many specialist doctors do not support
universal care here in the States. (Beam, 2009)
I than researched a little on why doctors should be paid high salaries,
and this is what I found:
1. The job of a physician is valuable, as they increase quality to life
