Here's another reply which tries to better answer your question:
I live in England. We have free health care available to all. But if you want to pay you can buy private medical insurance.
I was debating with some friends. They said that it was wrong for doctors who got free training in the NHS to then go and work privately; they said that doctors should work for X years in the NHS.
I said that doctors didn't get free training; they have large student debts and they work for years in tough conditions for low pay. And then I asked what the difference between doctors (educated and trained at UK tax-payer expense) and lawyers (educated at UK tax-payer expense)? Why is it wrong for doctors to work privately, and not for lawyers? Why are legal-aid lawyers so hard to find in the UK? Why is "pro-bono" so rare?
Some lawyers can be drivers of social change for good (fair pay, anti-racism, etc) but they often get hoovered into creating laws or finding loopholes for weird corporate behaviours.
I live in England. We have free health care available to all. But if you want to pay you can buy private medical insurance.
I was debating with some friends. They said that it was wrong for doctors who got free training in the NHS to then go and work privately; they said that doctors should work for X years in the NHS.
I said that doctors didn't get free training; they have large student debts and they work for years in tough conditions for low pay. And then I asked what the difference between doctors (educated and trained at UK tax-payer expense) and lawyers (educated at UK tax-payer expense)? Why is it wrong for doctors to work privately, and not for lawyers? Why are legal-aid lawyers so hard to find in the UK? Why is "pro-bono" so rare?
Some lawyers can be drivers of social change for good (fair pay, anti-racism, etc) but they often get hoovered into creating laws or finding loopholes for weird corporate behaviours.