georgeob1 wrote: Your conclusion - that the supply of doctors & specialists will not decrease, even if their net income is significantly reduced - is contrary to the known patterns of economic activity. Moreover is is contrary to the experience of the UK and other nations with government operated medical systems.
One is naturally reminded of your many other nonsensical assertions on other subjects.
Certainly I agree with your last sentence, George.
I doubt that you can compare the pre-NHS period in the UK with the one afterwards. But I would be very interested to learn how you did it.
To what "other nations with government operated medical systems" are you referring?
You've got e.g. in Germany 34 physicans per 100,000 inhabitants; in Switzerland 40; in Austria 37; in the UK 23; in the USA 26 ...
(Source:
WHO)
The ratio of psychiatric beds per inhabitants is another interesting indicator where government operating systems fail, isn't it? (And I'm referring here to "psychiatric hospitals", not to houses where patients are locked up like in ....)