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Originally Posted by NetHorse
Lets face it, here in America profit motives and competition have always led to greater cost control and effectiveness. Making doctors government workers means they have set hourly schedules, salaries with little to no promotion opportunities. Compared to the best doctors in the private sector who receive large raises, earn promotions, and work overtime. In the private sector the best performing workers are rewarded. Where is the incentive for doctors to offer the best possible care? Government workers have iron-clad job security.
BTW, I never said they would quit.
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For the sake of the argument, where is the incentive now for a doctor to offer the best possible care? Often they can't, because the procedures are denied by the insurance agencies. They have to turn patients away, saying they cannot treat them because the insurance company won't cover it. I'd say that would be far more frustrating for the doctor (altruistically) than earning a little less money.