One major difference between healthcare in the US and elsewhere
From T.R. Reid’s new book.
“I will never be rich, ” Dr. Bonnaud told me, sitting at the simple wooden desk in his cluttered office. “in the States, I would make much, much more. But there I would be fighting always the insurance companies over what I can prescribe, what I can do for my patients. Here, we have freedom to do the medicine we think is right. And the patient, any patient, can get the treatment needed; the insurance, or the social security, will pay for it. I will never be rich, but I can look in the mirror in the morning and know that I am doing the best for my patients. For a physician that is a form of richness; it brings satisfaction.”
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