On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 00:30:38 GMT, prodigal1 wrote:
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So you resent the fact that someone who spent perhaps a dozen years in
University and many many dollars learning an art and a science that
saves people's lives, gets remunerated at a level commensurate with
their skills.

If he doesn't, I certainly do. But then, I resent your surly tone as
well. People are not paid according to their
training and education, I'm afraid, or the many PhDs who've trained as
long, and with considerably more intellectual rigor would be paid the
same as physicians, who pull down rather more than a quarter mill p.a.
on average in this fair country.

They get this amount because they can get away with it.
The market cannot select a lower cost option for medical attention or
drugs (other than herbs - doing a gang-buster business) because it has
been legislated out.

Take a look at medical pay in countries where the population lives
LONGER on average than the US citizen - the pay's about half the US
rate.

Brian W