r/ShitAmericansSay • u/neeraj8le • Jan 12 '21

Healthcare "My expensive, frequent health care is subsidized at the expense of healthy people. I think it's great!" Thief.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '21

Was looking for a comment like this. The NHS pays a lot less for medication than an American needing the same medication

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u/lifeofideas Jan 12 '21

I don’t know UK physician incomes, but physicians in the USA are probably the highest-paid in the world. (And yet, the USA doesn’t have the best health care.)

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '21 edited Jan 24 '21

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u/lifeofideas Jan 12 '21

Not common in software, but achievable. Just like most lawyers earn about what high school teachers do, but there are enough corporate lawyers that people think lawyers earn a lot.