Comment: Many doctors think they want single-payer. Think again. It will turn you into a government slug when you could be making more money flipping burgers, as this story from the U.K. shows.
“Just this morning, Express.co.uk learned that THREE-QUARTERS of the Junior Doctors who graduated just over a year ago from the University of Leeds are planning to emigrate and work abroad – a figure we believe is reflected across the nation.”
[...] “Junior Doctors do not, contrary to popular belief, get paid a fortune.”
“They leave university saddled with massive student debt, they start work on £22,600[1] for an average 60 hour week, – about the same as a shift manager at McDonalds. Furthermore they are expected to pay for their own specialist training out of their own pocket.”
“During this time these young men and women are not flipping burgers and serving up fries but are forced to face some of the most traumatic scenes it is possible for a human to witness – from the fixing of the wrecked bodies of car crash victims to watching babies die in front of them.”
[...] “Their new contract will … implement a pay cut of 30 per cent. ”
[1] US $34,300 per year, as of this writing
Express Crusade: NHS Junior Doctor Crisis – sign our petition
Fri, Sep 25, 2015