> Recently, her hospital’s dermatology program received more than 600 applications for four residency slots.
Perhaps if supply of dermatologists was not so strongly limited, prices and wait times would improve.
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Perhaps if supply of dermatologists was not so strongly limited, prices and wait times would improve.
Every time it comes up in the US, nationalized healthcare is demonized in some media. But it just feels like a facade perpetrated by the hospitals and insurance companies (and now private equity) who stand to lose the most. If it's good enough for veterans and retirees, why can't it be good enough for the rest of us? Maybe it's because when the government pays the bill, they don't just roll over and accept $EXORBITANT_FEE after $EXORBITANT_FEE - they negotiate and get some reasonable value.
The other developed countries doing this don't pay dermatologists 500k though.
My cousin graduated med-school last year and is still unemployed because no hospital had a place for her. Private practices don't fix that issue since they're not designed to be part of the medical teaching cycle. So a lot of young doctors have to emigrate to other EU countries where they can find spots to practice.