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Markus,
I used to be involved with a Swedish lady from Goteborg....many years ago. Sweden was pretty much a Socialist country then and I guess it still is to some extent. Back then the docs were in the 90% tax bracket so would work for, say, four months and then head to Spain for the rest of the year because it didn't pay them to work. Is it still like that?

The docs I know here are deluged with paper work, govt. regs, PPO/HMO bean counter interference, malpractice premiums and God knows what else. The gross 'pay' is not at all the real story.

I am a Vet and make much less but don't have to worry about all the crap I mentioned above...still get to feel like I make a differnce, though, in the end. The difference in income, to a great extent, is that people pay vet bills out of their own pocket...no insurance companies to speak of.