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Do Doctors In Countries With Universal Healthcare Pay More/Less/Same For Medical School As Do Americans?

I'm doing a project on American healthcare and I'm comparing America's system to other nations' universal/free/socialized (however you want to look at it) systems. I was watching a Frontline video online about healthcare in Japan and I thought of this question. I also remember a scene from Sicko when Moore was talking to a doctor (I don't remember which country but I think it was France) who said he has a pretty good life practicing medicine in a country with universal healthcare. He was talking about how that if he wants more money, he sees more patients and can therefore afford nice things. I think this will be an interesting point to bring up during my presentation if what I'm thinking is correct: Because the doctors pay less for college and medical school than Americans do (while basically learning the same things), student loans aren't putting them debt, and thus, they can focus more on helping the sick, rather than making alot of money to pay off loans. What's your opinion?

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1. After money conversions, American pay much more to become a doctor. The wonderful thing about universal health care is it allows everyone regardless of their financial status to have the health care they need. From a capitalist stand point how ever their are draw backs. Since everyone has the same plan, doctors cannot make more or less on patients that have varied plans like they do in America, which engenders great profits for them. Having universal health care is a more socialist idea. Though doctors can make money working in other countries with universal health care by seeing more patients and they do not have to pay as much for schooling, in America it is more competitive and the variety of plans can allow doctors to garner much profits. Hope I have helped