26 Responses to “What Will Give A Person Incentive To Go To Medical School If Socialized Health Care Will Be Law?”

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   zaza 1ST GRANDCHILD 2/2010!!! said on Monday, August 3, 2009, 6:34

   Medical school costs hundreds of thousands of dollars and at least 12 years of your life.( 4 pre med, 4 med, 4-5 residency).
   You will soon see an upsurge in Dermatologists.
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   Bug said on Monday, August 3, 2009, 13:03

   Well, if fewer people want to be doctors, then there is fewer demand for medical school, which should drive down the cost of tuition. Plus, most countries with universal healthcare also have subsidized post-secondary education, which will make medical school cheaper. Finally, there’s the incentive for people who just want to help others, kind of like those who go into teaching. Anymore, one needs a Masters degree to even teach junior high school, and teachers aren’t paid nearly as well as doctors, yet some people still willingly pursue teaching careers.
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   Chewy Ivan said on Monday, August 3, 2009, 19:36

   The cost of school would be prohibitive. Not to meantion all the red tape they will have to deal with. They are already swamped with a ridiculous amount of government and insurance paperwork as it is.
   They are trying to fix the wrong part, it is the insurances that needs to be fixed not the medical care.
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   itsamini said on Monday, August 3, 2009, 23:50

   The demand for doctors will increase as well, due to the aging of baby boomers and the treatment of the uninsured and plus, its not like insurance premiums are done with. Only a small fraction of Americans will be on a government healthcare plan. The majority will be in the private sector. With the need for more doctors comes higher pay, as an incentive to attract more people. So the loss of pay will largely be offset by the increasing demand.
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   Double 0 Hindu said on Tuesday, August 4, 2009, 1:05

   Are you kidding ?
   There will be a lot of 4 star clinics opening up in Mexico
   Liberals excel at forcing jobs out of the USA – and this obama care is no exception
   Unions, EPA, IRS, OSHA, now OBAMACARE
   Liberals – destroying America one job at a time
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   Zinger II said on Tuesday, August 4, 2009, 4:05

   There will be better use of all medical specialties, lab, XRay, surgery, PA, PT, etc. I There will be more money for tuition, also.
   The insurance companies now are paying MDs per visit, per test and give them bonus monies for saving hospital days, test fees, etc. The doctors won’t be ‘beholding’ to insurance, drug companies and malpractice insurance fees.
   Doctors will be free to practice REAL MEDICINE!!
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   nanny said on Tuesday, August 4, 2009, 6:08

   Very little.
   What will be even better to watch is how many current physicians quit or dramatically scale back what procedures they will perform, and when they will perform them.
   When you’re punching a clock for your paycheck, why stick around an extra 3 hours when there’s another shift coming on right behind you? That’s your biggest worry in a true socialized system….needing emergency treatment right at a shift change.
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   dwoodall said on Tuesday, August 4, 2009, 7:13

   To get a job as a doctor? To help people?
   Honestly you are so focused on money…. For many doctors the money is only a small part of it….
   Not that socialized medicine means they wouldn’t be getting paid just as well… there is NO indication of that. They just will get the money form the government instead of your private insurance plan.. that already does everything in it’s power to not pay….
   Nothing will change on that side of things. I can’t imagine how one could convince of the scenario you think will happen. It just doesn’t make sense. Someone is playing your fears like a harp…. consider that, and then wonder what their motivation is to lie to you.
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   Me M said on Tuesday, August 4, 2009, 13:13

   So in your world, compassion only stems from a profit motive, eh?
   Nowhere in your cranium does the thought even occur that doctors enter their profession to help their fellow human being?
   That’s really sad.
   I’m sorry, but a doctor to whom money is the only concern in entering the field should more properly be termed a mechanic.
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    in vino veritas said on Tuesday, August 4, 2009, 16:31

    ummm, if we socialized health care, we would be paying for health care as a nation, so I imagine all those people who need to have emergency care but can’t afford won’t stick the doctors and hospitals with the bill anymore.
    Those poor doctors… actually getting PAID for their work.
    Nice try troll
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    Lipstick on a Source:Independent said on Tuesday, August 4, 2009, 22:00

    They will be overpaid and have job security like every unionized government job. They won’t be able to run their own practice, but it still would be a good job. The government will probably provide incentives for med students in the form of grants to help pay for school also.
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    Dan Levin said on Wednesday, August 5, 2009, 3:16

    I’m working on a degree in a field of allied medical right now and I’m glad we’re getting the reform we need. It will actually be good for the medical profession because more people will be going to see the doctor. Our society will be much healthier because of the reform.
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    Jazzhat? v 2.0 said on Wednesday, August 5, 2009, 6:29

    Soon it will be a bayonet. This is what is wrong with socialists, they fail to understand the incentives/rewards for greatness.
    I look for a lot of C students becoming health care professionals. OOOh, socialized medicine it is soooo caring.
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    Honestli said on Wednesday, August 5, 2009, 8:00

    Because people will still want to become doctors, and help save lives, and make lots of money, and have “status” and “prestige”.
    Why would that change simply because a different entity will guarantee insurance for poor people? There’s no logic in your question.
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    Bug said on Wednesday, August 5, 2009, 12:03

    I though the motivation in wanting to become a Physician ie. Doctor was mostly due to wanting to help peoples . But i realize the Hippocratic Oath have been replace by for profit and greed in this country. This why we need health care reform,
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    Anonymous said on Wednesday, August 5, 2009, 12:29

    If the nation has socialized health care, it’s possible that there will be some very attractive grants for qualified students to attend medical school.
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    happyguy said on Wednesday, August 5, 2009, 15:43

    Incentives for people to become doctors — saving lives, curing diseases, relieving pain, helping to bring new life into the world, little things like that.
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    Westhill said on Wednesday, August 5, 2009, 18:46

    medical shool will get alot cheaper and shorter, -r you will just go apply at hospitals and your training will be on the job like being president.
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    Joe Biden rocks my socks off said on Wednesday, August 5, 2009, 21:48

    The government will have to pay for tuition. We will get government quality medicine.
    Oh, these poor silly fools who think that we are going to get “compassion” from our government. When they wake up it will be too late.
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    ruth said on Wednesday, August 5, 2009, 23:37

    Perhaps leaving the US and taking their practice to another country, like thousands have done in coming here to practice.
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    katydint said on Thursday, August 6, 2009, 0:37

    Maybe some people are motivated by the desire to help others and don’t really care about the paycheck.
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    N said on Thursday, August 6, 2009, 3:53

    Lord help us if people go into medicine because they want to help people rather than get rich.
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    Brown950 said on Thursday, August 6, 2009, 6:39

    Perhaps a desire to help people…a concept lost on most conservatives.
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    mumbling said on Thursday, August 6, 2009, 8:06

    exactly!
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    daddio said on Thursday, August 6, 2009, 12:25

    Lots of bright people choose the security of civil service over a career. LOL
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    Tony H said on Thursday, August 6, 2009, 15:16

    My thoughts exactly!!