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Re:The Problem of Doctors’ Salaries by vasilipupkin on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @07:27PM (#15761872)
Well, debt free at 40 leaves still 25-30 years of a pretty good career, no?

The downside of govt just paying for it is you'll get a lot more people who really aren't committed to the profession and it taxes everyone else - it's not free, it's done through higher taxes on everyone else.

Re:The Problem of Doctors’ Salaries by yequalsx on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @09:41PM (#15762377)
It doesn't have to involve higher taxes on everyone else. We spend well over a trillion dollars a year on national defense/spying. Also, we spend way higher per capita on healthcare than any national healthcare system and those systems generally include paying for medical school. Thus the evidence is that it will involve less money spent. Perhaps there would be a tax reduction as a result.
Re:The Problem of Doctors’ Salaries by bob_theslob646 on Thursday November 23, 2017 @07:45AM (#15764651)
This is such a good comment. you have no idea how representative it is in terms of the current student debt crisis.

The difference is that most students make nowhere near that much money as doctors do.

The comment that they reply with is "when am I going to enjoy my life"

This results in large portion of students being highly levered and betting that salaries will steadily increase in the future.

This will not end well.