A single payer system significantly throttles what physicians can charge. They are paid per visit, so you do get this kind of behavior.
If you look at the average earnings, Canadian physicians make ~320K gross salary [1], but they need to pay expenses out of that (reception staff, office, etc.). They do well, but they are not in strata of hedge fund managers.
We should probably just pay them a flat rate, but on the balance the Canadian system is much more cost effective than the US free market system.
If you look at the average earnings, Canadian physicians make ~320K gross salary [1], but they need to pay expenses out of that (reception staff, office, etc.). They do well, but they are not in strata of hedge fund managers.
We should probably just pay them a flat rate, but on the balance the Canadian system is much more cost effective than the US free market system.
[1] http://globalnews.ca/news/2898641/how-much-is-your-doctor-ma...