What's wrong with US doctors making less money if we get a single payer system?

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I just heard on the radio: in Japan, an MRI costs $140. Here, in the US you can go to one hospital and pay $900 and to another - just across the street - and get the same MRI for $450. What surprised me was that the representatives of the hospital which charges more could not explain how their high price is justified or calculated other than said "well, that's how it is". So, my question is: why don't we talk that maybe it's ok for doctors - radiologists in this case - to make 500K a year instead of 800K? I personally don't see a problem with it, especially if we will manage to cover everybody who's legally here and already pays taxes.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

yes.  if you want the inverse.

AMeansA · Answer

Radiologists don't make $800K a year. Usually it's more like between $150 and $250K (which, granted, is hardly starvation wages). But by that logic, we could decide that computers would be cheaper if all computer programmers worked for the government and got paid less. How do you think the computer programmers would feel about that?

Fed E · Answer

I thought doctors got paid more under a single payer system....
cause they can actually do more surgeries and checkups, but they can't now, because they have to deal with a lot of insurance company papers

My Nickname · Answer

I don't want insurance because I'm healthy.  Obozo and Pelousy want to fine me if I don't pay them for insurance I don't need.  

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Anonymous · Answer

what are you talking about?

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What's wrong with US doctors making less money if we get a single payer system?

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