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Re:Sick and struggling to pay, 100M people in the U.S. live ... by alephnan on Thursday June 16, 2022 @12:16PM (#31767771)
> which every other developed country (and a lot of undeveloped countries) in the world manages to do.

Where doctors also make much more modest salaries

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Re:Sick and struggling to pay, 100M people in the U.S. live ... by stephen_g on Thursday June 16, 2022 @12:44PM (#31768172)
Where? Not in my country, they do very well here in the public system…
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Re:Sick and struggling to pay, 100M people in the U.S. live ... by otikik on Thursday June 16, 2022 @12:55PM (#31768314)
> Where doctors also make much more modest salaries

I would say that they are "less high", but not "modest", given that the cost of life is also lower.

Also you have to factor in that they don't have to sell their house if they get cancer.

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Re:Sick and struggling to pay, 100M people in the U.S. live ... by MisterBastahrd on Thursday June 16, 2022 @12:29PM (#31767978)
So does everybody else.
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