How will a universal health care system in America effect medical salaries?
First of all a “universal” health care system most likely won’t take on the form of the Canadian health system where everyone pays a part of their salary into a fund that pays for all healthcare. Rather it will be a hybrid system that involves private insurance companies (as they have too much political power), payer expense (co-pays), and a governmental funded system. With this in mind I don’t see salaries of medical professionals droppinng because there are too many associations that will protect medical professionals from having their wages dropped. Historically, there have been presidents (Kennedy for instance) that have tried to implement some form of universal health care but it has always been opposed by health care associations and have never been implemented into the system. The hybrid system is the only form that seems even possible and I don’t foresee salaries dropping. If anything, medical professionals will possibly have to take on a larger number patients (especially in t
