A Usenet persona calling itself BCITORGB wrote:

Weiser says:
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Which is fine so long as the government isn't artificially limiting
wages,
as it does in socialized medicine.
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The government, in theory, can artificially limit wages.

The government, in theory, can murder all the Jews. Strawman.

In practice,
doctors in Canada know how clout they have. They act as anyone with
power acts (they've learned well from trade unons): they withhold
services.

Ipse dixit, quod erat demonstrandum.

And they continue to withhold services until the fee schedule
looks like they want it to look.

And patients get sick and die as a result.


So, it is the marketplace insifar as there is a marketplace when one
party holds monopoly power. The doctors play a significant role in
determining how much they get paid. Doctors can go on "strike" and they
have done so -- because they're doctors, they never call it anything
nearly so crass as a "strike", but the net effect is the same.

Thanks for proving my point. Doctors in the US don't go on strike because
they are not granted a government controlled monopoly. If one doctor locks
his doors because he's unhappy with his income, patients just find another
doctor. Up there, if the doctors get testy, everybody suffers.


There's no need to hold any tag days for doctors up in Canada, Scott;
they're doing just fine.

While the patients get sick and die as a result.


Weiser says:
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Compared to US doctors? Please.
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That begs the question: could it be that American doctors are overpaid?

Nope. They get paid exactly what the consume thinks their services are
worth.

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