Re: Canadian doctors coming to the US

From: George Conklin (nilknoc_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 08/22/04 

Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 22:26:21 GMT

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> > > >>Physicians do not pay the whole cost of their educations. The tax
> > > >>payer picks up the heft of the tab.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > The typical medical student will graduate from medical school with
> about
> > > > $120,000 in debt for tuition and fees.
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> > True, but this does not count the $1 million the public has invested
in
> > each medical student.
> >
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> I gotta have a reference on this one. When I was in med school the state
> legislature spent less than 100K on each student. Considering the free
care
> we provided during residency, it probably was a wash, although, sincerely,
I
> appreciate the expenditure.
>
> Ashley
>
>

   The calculations were done by Eastman Kodak when they stated that medical
training added 17% to the hospital bills upfront, plus much less efficiency
because training costs money well beyond free care. Then there is the
Medicare subsidy to hospitals which is a direct cost.

   As for Canada, they have to invest a lot of students who leave the
country. They call it the brain drain. It is especially acute for nations
like India where there are few doctors and a lot of people and not much
cash. We should at least train the physicians we need and not give the cost
to someone else.

   As for medical education, it ought to be free to the student and that
should reflect itself in the fees charged to patients. No med student
should graduate with huge debts.

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