The government pays our teachers next to squat for their altruistic profession, and look how wonderful the education system is in the U.S. Sarcasm off. Paying doctors less is only a part of the financial problem anyway. Medical tests and equipment costs money. Drugs cost money. Hospital...
I think most medical students, and (to a lesser but probably still very significant extent) doctors are better, more altruistic people than you give them credit for. The training is hell, and you don't go through it for the money, or at least, that's not going to sustain you. Am I going to...
I agree this is a huge problem in America. We need to focus more on health prevention, but what type of system is going to fund community based preventative health-care initiatives. Free market capitalism? Not likely. Communicable diseases are a community problem. And the poor are the...
Thanks GLeeM! What makes you think we crunch fewer QMD WU's than other folks? Are AnandTech folks AMD fans to a greater degree than others? I have to admit, I haven't owned an Intel in quite some time.
Oh, yeah. I may be biased 'cause I'm in Med School, but the docs aren't sucking up the money, trust me. It's healthcare management. Executive salaries. Drug companies advertising allergy drugs on TV (they're all the same, advertising just drives up the cost.) Excessive testing and treatment...
Healthcare is a fundamental human right! That being said, yes, socialized medicine can suck. An interesting compromise might be a voucher system. That is, each U.S. citizen is entitled to a voucher from the government, for say $3000 a year for healthcare. This could be used to buy a budget...
I agree with your point and that is a sticking point. The choice, in my mind, was to refuse the Chinese government and then, yes, loose its marketshare in China (although I wasn't under the impression it currently had much...it was often completely blocked when I was there...the Chinese usually...
With all due respect, Chinese society is something I feel comfortable speaking about and something I have a fair amount of experience with, and citing cultural relativism is not always appropriate. I firmly believe that there is absolute right and wrong, and curtailing free speech as a means to...
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