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Originally Posted by GirlySports
Because there's only so money to go around. You'd have to tax a lot more like in Scandanavia. Even in the current system, there are quotas, a doctor can only charge to see this many patients, a surgeon can only do this many surgeries. Some specialists fill their annual quota then go do research for the rest of the year.
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You tax more but individuals' personal expenditures go down. It's a sensible insurance scheme that smooths things out across the board...most people will pay more in premiums (or taxes in this case) than they ever benefit, but similar to car insurance there will probably be a time or two in their lives where it saves you from needing a few thousand dollars (or more) in a hurry.
If we've learned nothing else, it's that extra money in pockets pretty much never ever goes in to emergency funds. It sucks to pay for something you don't
need, but that's offset by the wonderful luck to not need expensive meds (or a car accident or home insurance claim)
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Originally Posted by flamesfever
I see GPs walking away from their practice, and can't get anyone to come in and take over. I wonder if the small business GP model is not providing enough incentive for young doctors these days. Perhaps doctors are realizing with the cost of their time and money to get their degree, the cost to purchase their equipment, office rental, staff salary, etc., not to mention the risk they take in being exposed to sick people, leaves them wondering if they can save enough for a adequate pension. I recall one of the GPs I had back in the 80s was really happy that he had managed to save up $100,000. for retirement. I lost track of him and often wonder how he is today.
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Currently in Alberta it makes no sense to invest deep roots in an unpredictable and hostile climate. Just as you should be wary to set up a business in a Banana Republic where everything can be wiped out with the stroke of a corrupt bureaucrat's pen.