[csulmone]

I don't think it is fair to compare physician salaries from countries where education is heavily subsidized by the government. Are new doctors in the UK or the rest of the EU starting their careers $200k+ in debt?

[mljoe]

Part of this is because medical professors make a salary that is at least twice (and usually higher) what the next highest paid professor at a university makes. You fix the salary program across the board, and medical school will become cheaper as well.

[doctorslol123]

So American taxpayers should fund the absurd cost of medical school instead? Genius

[toomuchtodo]

American taxpayers should fund medical schooling that is ruthlessly efficient, transparent, and operated with no profit motive.

[csulmone]

Either that or you will have even fewer doctors with much higher salaries. How would a doctor be able to afford any sort of life working 80hours a week to barely pay back loans accumulated over a decade of education. Supply/Demand

[doctorslol123]

I have doctors in my family. They would be sad to know the truth, just like you. There's nothing special about American doctors... the education, the quality. It's just another classic example of the fat needing to get cut. And there's a juicy chunk of fat to cut here

[conanbatt]

Lets get some of that cheap foreign government subsidies and allow foreign doctors into the US. What a win!