Quote Originally Posted by thegodfather View Post
I'm a pre-med student....my mother and half of my family are nurses and doctors, half of them are completely unaware of what the Dems want to do with healthcare. I told them all they better not let a Dem get into office or we're all going to get paid the salary of teachers.
That is totally not true. Doctors here in Germany (hell, in Europe as a whole) are paid VERY well. In fact, my boss' wife (a radiologist) just spent a million bucks on a new MRI machine so...I don't think socialized medicine will be the ruin of doctors in the States.

Seriously.

You make it sound like doctors would need food stamps and shit... The children of doctors will never have to eat government cheese! :-)

I mean, maybe I just don't have a typical American attitude.

Here is my last experience with the healthcare system in Germany: My 4yo needed surgery so they scheduled it and he got it. I never saw a bill and never found out how much the costs for the surgery were. It's nice not having to associate a dollar figure to your child's health like that. I hate paying these ridiculous taxes in Germany; really, I do. It's just so much more comforting knowing I'll never have to neglect the health of my sons because I can't afford some medical procedure.