Re: University Pays Dental Students to Stay Away

Your Post:

I fail to see the connection between "socialized" dental healthcare and
shortage of university places? Maybe you could open up a private dental
school in Scotland and see if you get enough takers :-) (business
idea). Although usually, the students at private medical schools in
Europe/UK tend to come from the US and Asia (cos the fees tend to be
rather high).

Flap's Reply:

The government heavily subsidizes dental education in the U.K.through
taxation and plans dental education through a central government model.


When the dental student graduates the U.K government also provides
heavily subsidized dentistry through their National Health Service and
provides financial incentives for the new graduates to become NHS
dentists. Apparently, the government cannot pay enough since a good
number of dentists are or have quit the NHS.

In other words their national government through a socialized model
(heavy taxation and subsidization) affects the number and distribution
of dental practitioners, goods and services throughout the country.
As a result of their action, instead of a free market model like in the
United States and Canada (for dentistry only) you see shortages,
waiting lists, dislocations, craziness (like the subsidy of dental
students not to study) and rationing of care.

A free market private dental school in a government controlled economy.
Hardly think it would be profitable.

With regards to the last comment, I would suspect that a good number of
dentists and physicians come to the United States to work to get away
from the painfully high taxation that their government's impose to fund
their social democratic redistribution schemes.

Flap

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