What happens to doctors under nationalized health insurance?They become like any union and negotiate for more money while working less. Doctors in Great Britain recently signed a contract that gives them evening and weekends off while paying them more. Of course, that leaves patients high and dry if they happen to need a doctor after hours.The situation has gotten so bad that they are flying in doctors from all over the world to take up the slack left by reluctant British physicians.Rebecca Camber writing in the Daily Mail: The NHS is having to rely on doctors from overseas because a lucrative new contract for British GPs has resulted in more than 90 per cent opting out of responsibility for their patients in the evenings and at weekends. Despite doing less, their pay has soared by 50 per cent to an average of almost £108,000. Responsibility for out-of-hours cover has now passed to primary care trusts. The rules state that foreign doctors need to have basic GP training, but...(Read Full Post)