When I looked into which professions were making how much in 1971, doctors, lawyers and engineers were roughly equivalent. Since then, doctors and lawyers have hugely exceeded engineers. That’s because you can’t import doctors or lawyers before now. That’s starting to change because roughly half the doctors in Tallahassee are obviously foreigners. Don’t get me started on the nursing staff where the fact that only one nurse on my floor could understand English almost got me killed.
Business imports trades to keep down the cost. These people are used to living and therefore working much more cheaply than those of us born here. I gathered the Pilipino nurses on my floor were living in dormitory conditions. With such cheap labor, why is medicine so expensive? Look no farther than the law. I won’t get much treatment in the ER without demonstrating I can pay. But if I were an illegal alien, they can’t even ask my name. (I check the bottom of my shoe because I smell government,)
In any hospital ER the law clearly states you can’t be refused treatment because of an inability to pay.
I have noticed though there are virtually no more Hispanic illegals crowding up our waiting area.
A recent Saturday afternoon trip to Home Depot was like a dream. The place was virtually empty and no jabbering mutts speaking Spanish.