[특파원시선] 밀턴 프리드먼이 한국 의대 정원 논란을 지켜봤다면 :: 잡뉴스메이커 JOBNEWSMAKER-공공,일반기업의 경력직 채용 및 전직(이직)자 꿈과 미래직업에 대한 희망과 비전을 제시-(주)솔로몬서치

[특파원시선] 밀턴 프리드먼이 한국 의대 정원 논란을 지켜봤다면: [특파원시선] 밀턴 프리드먼이 한국 의대 정원 논란을 지켜봤다면; 2023.11.07 17:28 입력

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<div class="comp-box photo-group" style='margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 50px; width: 648px; height: 537px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; line-height: inherit; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; clear: both; font-family: "Spoqa Han Sans Neo", "Malgun Gothic", "맑은 고딕", Gulim, 굴림, AppleSDGothicNeo-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; display: block; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'><figure class="image-zone" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.01em; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 400; display: block; position: relative; font-stretch: inherit;" data-stat-code="mapping_photo" data-mapping-filename="2061117g2144960_P2.jpg"><div class="img-con" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 648px; text-align: center; line-height: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.01em; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 400; display: block; position: relative; font-stretch: inherit;"><span class="img" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.01em; overflow: hidden; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: top; display: inline-block; font-stretch: inherit;"><img style="border: 0px currentColor; border-image: none; letter-spacing: -0.01em; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: top; display: inline-block; max-height: 500px; max-width: 648px;" alt="경제학자 밀턴 프리드먼" src="https://img0.yna.co.kr/photo/old/data8/orign_img/2006/11/17/_07/2061117g2144960_P4.jpg"></div><figcaption class="desc-con" style="margin: 14px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 22px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 400; display: block; position: relative; font-stretch: inherit;"><strong class="tit-cap" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.5px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 500; vertical-align: top; display: inline-block; font-stretch: inherit;">경제학자 밀턴 프리드먼<p class="txt-desc" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.5px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 300; font-stretch: inherit;">[EPA 연합뉴스 자료사진]</figcaption></figure></div><p style='margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; line-height: 1.7; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; font-family: "Spoqa Han Sans Neo", "Malgun Gothic", "맑은 고딕", Gulim, 굴림, AppleSDGothicNeo-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>(뉴욕=연합뉴스) 고일환 특파원 = 자유시장 경제학의 거목인 밀턴 프리드먼은 노동조합이 창출한 이익은 비노조원들에게 돌아갈 각종 혜택을 빼앗은 것이라는 주장을 펼쳤다.<p style='margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; line-height: 1.7; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; font-family: "Spoqa Han Sans Neo", "Malgun Gothic", "맑은 고딕", Gulim, 굴림, AppleSDGothicNeo-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>그런 프리드먼이 미국의 각종 노조 중에서도 가장 철통같은 노조로 지목한 것은 의사들의 이익 단체인 미국의사협회(AMA)다.<p style='margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; line-height: 1.7; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; font-family: "Spoqa Han Sans Neo", "Malgun Gothic", "맑은 고딕", Gulim, 굴림, AppleSDGothicNeo-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>AMA는 1847년 '공공 보건의료 향상과 의학 발전'이라는 고상한 목표를 내걸고 출범했다.<p style='margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; line-height: 1.7; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; font-family: "Spoqa Han Sans Neo", "Malgun Gothic", "맑은 고딕", Gulim, 굴림, AppleSDGothicNeo-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>그러나 프리드먼은 AMA가 의료 면허 발급 제한 등을 통해 의료시장에 진입하려는 경쟁자들을 막기 위한 카르텔에 불과하다고 지적했다.<p style='margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; line-height: 1.7; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; font-family: "Spoqa Han Sans Neo", "Malgun Gothic", "맑은 고딕", Gulim, 굴림, AppleSDGothicNeo-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>그가 소개한 사례 중에 대표적인 것은 1930년대 초반 나치가 집권한 뒤 독일 국적의 유대계 의사들이 대거 미국으로 탈출하자 AMA가 보인 행태다.<p style='margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; line-height: 1.7; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; font-family: "Spoqa Han Sans Neo", "Malgun Gothic", "맑은 고딕", Gulim, 굴림, AppleSDGothicNeo-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>그때까지 미국에선 의대만 졸업하면 다른 조건 없이 의사 면허에 도전할 수 있었지만, AMA는 갑자기 '미국 시민권'을 필수 조건으로 추가하자고 나섰다.<p style='margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; line-height: 1.7; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; font-family: "Spoqa Han Sans Neo", "Malgun Gothic", "맑은 고딕", Gulim, 굴림, AppleSDGothicNeo-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>난민 자격으로 입국한 유대계 독일인 의사들의 미국 진료 활동을 막겠다는 이야기였다.<p style='margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; line-height: 1.7; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; font-family: "Spoqa Han Sans Neo", "Malgun Gothic", "맑은 고딕", Gulim, 굴림, AppleSDGothicNeo-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>독일 의학이 현재는 물론이고 당시에도 세계 최고 수준이었다는 사실을 감안한다면 환자 보호 등의 목적이 아닌, 미국 의사들의 이익 보호를 위한 주장이었다는 것이 프리드먼의 시각이다.<p style='margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; line-height: 1.7; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; font-family: "Spoqa Han Sans Neo", "Malgun Gothic", "맑은 고딕", Gulim, 굴림, AppleSDGothicNeo-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>AMA는 1920년대 대공황 시절에는 더 노골적으로 밥그릇 지키기에 나섰다.<p style='margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; line-height: 1.7; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; font-family: "Spoqa Han Sans Neo", "Malgun Gothic", "맑은 고딕", Gulim, 굴림, AppleSDGothicNeo-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>의사의 수를 늘리려는 정부 움직임에 대해 AMA가 "의사 정원이 늘어 의사들의 소득이 떨어지면 비윤리적인 의료행위를 할 수 있다"는 주장을 내세워 제동을 건 것이다.<p style='margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; line-height: 1.7; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; font-family: "Spoqa Han Sans Neo", "Malgun Gothic", "맑은 고딕", Gulim, 굴림, AppleSDGothicNeo-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>이는 현재 한국에서도 반복되는 주장이다.<div class="comp-box photo-group" style='margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 50px; width: 648px; height: 448px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; line-height: inherit; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; clear: both; font-family: "Spoqa Han Sans Neo", "Malgun Gothic", "맑은 고딕", Gulim, 굴림, AppleSDGothicNeo-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; display: block; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'><figure class="image-zone" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.01em; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 400; display: block; position: relative; font-stretch: inherit;" data-stat-code="mapping_photo" data-mapping-filename="PYH2020090111850001300_P2.jpg"><div class="img-con" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 648px; text-align: center; line-height: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.01em; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 400; display: block; position: relative; font-stretch: inherit;"><span class="img" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.01em; overflow: hidden; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: top; display: inline-block; font-stretch: inherit;"><img style="border: 0px currentColor; border-image: none; letter-spacing: -0.01em; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: top; display: inline-block; max-height: 500px; max-width: 648px;" alt="2020년 의대 정원 확대 철회를 요구하는 서울대병원 전공의들의 시위" src="https://img2.yna.co.kr/photo/yna/YH/2020/09/01/PYH2020090111850001300_P4.jpg"></div><figcaption class="desc-con" style="margin: 14px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 22px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 400; display: block; position: relative; font-stretch: inherit;"><strong class="tit-cap" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.5px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 500; vertical-align: top; display: inline-block; font-stretch: inherit;">2020년 의대 정원 확대 철회를 요구하는 서울대병원 전공의들의 시위<p class="txt-desc" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.5px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 300; font-stretch: inherit;">[연합뉴스 자료사진]</figcaption></figure></div><p style='margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; line-height: 1.7; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; font-family: "Spoqa Han Sans Neo", "Malgun Gothic", "맑은 고딕", Gulim, 굴림, AppleSDGothicNeo-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>대한의사협회는 최근 정부가 의대 정원 확대 방침에 대해 '의사가 늘어나면 과잉 진료 때문에 건강보험 재정이 파탄 난다'라거나 '의대 정원이 늘어나면 교육의 질이 낮아진다' 등의 주장을 폈다.<p style='margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; line-height: 1.7; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; font-family: "Spoqa Han Sans Neo", "Malgun Gothic", "맑은 고딕", Gulim, 굴림, AppleSDGothicNeo-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>도둑질이나 마찬가지인 과잉 진료는 개별 의사의 직업·윤리 의식 수준의 문제다.<p style='margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; line-height: 1.7; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; font-family: "Spoqa Han Sans Neo", "Malgun Gothic", "맑은 고딕", Gulim, 굴림, AppleSDGothicNeo-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>과잉 진료 방지책은 의사에 대한 단속·처벌 강화나 윤리 교육일 수는 있어도 의대 정원과는 관련이 있을 수 없다는 이야기다.<p style='margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; line-height: 1.7; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; font-family: "Spoqa Han Sans Neo", "Malgun Gothic", "맑은 고딕", Gulim, 굴림, AppleSDGothicNeo-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>의대 정원이 늘면 과잉 진료도 확산할 것이란 주장은 의사 전체를 잠재적인 범죄자 집단으로 규정하는 '자학 개그'로 들린다.<p style='margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; line-height: 1.7; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; font-family: "Spoqa Han Sans Neo", "Malgun Gothic", "맑은 고딕", Gulim, 굴림, AppleSDGothicNeo-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>프리드먼은 1976년 노벨 경제학상을 받은 뒤 한 강연에서 "의사 수 증가와 비윤리적 의료행위 증가의 상관관계를 증명할 과학적 증거가 있다면 제발 제시해달라"고 말하기도 했다.<p style='margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; line-height: 1.7; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; font-family: "Spoqa Han Sans Neo", "Malgun Gothic", "맑은 고딕", Gulim, 굴림, AppleSDGothicNeo-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>실증적인 연구가 부족한 '공급자 유인수요' 등의 모형을 제시하려는 움직임도 있지만, 프리드먼의 질문에 대한 답변은 되지 않는다는 평가다.<p style='margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; line-height: 1.7; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; font-family: "Spoqa Han Sans Neo", "Malgun Gothic", "맑은 고딕", Gulim, 굴림, AppleSDGothicNeo-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>의사 정원 확대 반대 논리로 제기된 의대 교육의 질 저하 가능성도 근거가 부족하다는 점은 마찬가지다.<p style='margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; line-height: 1.7; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; font-family: "Spoqa Han Sans Neo", "Malgun Gothic", "맑은 고딕", Gulim, 굴림, AppleSDGothicNeo-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>만에 하나라도 의대 교육 환경이 저하된다고 하더라도 그것은 교육 당국과 대학이 나서서 해결해야 할 과제다.<p style='margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; line-height: 1.7; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; font-family: "Spoqa Han Sans Neo", "Malgun Gothic", "맑은 고딕", Gulim, 굴림, AppleSDGothicNeo-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>의대 교육의 질이 떨어질지 여부도 확실하지 않은 상황에서 의사 집단이 나서서 참견할 사안이 아니라는 것이다.<div class="comp-box photo-group" style='margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 50px; width: 648px; height: 471px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; line-height: inherit; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.16px; clear: both; font-family: "Spoqa Han Sans Neo", "Malgun Gothic", "맑은 고딕", Gulim, 굴림, AppleSDGothicNeo-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; display: block; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'><figure class="image-zone" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.01em; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 400; display: block; position: relative; font-stretch: inherit;" data-stat-code="mapping_photo" data-mapping-filename="PYH2023101618840001300_P2.jpg"><div class="img-con" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 648px; text-align: center; line-height: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.01em; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 400; display: block; position: relative; font-stretch: inherit;"><span class="img" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.01em; overflow: hidden; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: top; display: inline-block; font-stretch: inherit;"><img style="border: 0px currentColor; border-image: none; letter-spacing: -0.01em; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: top; display: inline-block; max-height: 500px; max-width: 648px;" alt="서울 시내의 한 의과대학" src="https://img8.yna.co.kr/photo/yna/YH/2023/10/16/PYH2023101618840001300_P4.jpg"></div><figcaption class="desc-con" style="margin: 14px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 22px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 400; display: block; position: relative; font-stretch: inherit;"><strong class="tit-cap" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.5px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 500; vertical-align: top; display: inline-block; font-stretch: inherit;">서울 시내의 한 의과대학<p class="txt-desc" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: inherit; letter-spacing: -0.5px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 300; font-stretch: inherit;">[연합뉴스 자료사진]</figcaption></figure></div><p style='margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; line-height: 1.7; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; font-family: "Spoqa Han Sans Neo", "Malgun Gothic", "맑은 고딕", Gulim, 굴림, AppleSDGothicNeo-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>프리드먼은 미국의 의사들이 면허 발급 제한이라는 수단을 통해 의료시장의 경쟁을 관리한 덕에 17~30%의 소득을 더 올리고 있다고 분석했다.<p style='margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; line-height: 1.7; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; font-family: "Spoqa Han Sans Neo", "Malgun Gothic", "맑은 고딕", Gulim, 굴림, AppleSDGothicNeo-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>최근 조사에 따르면 미국의 의사 연봉은 평균 35만 달러(약 4억6천만 원)에 달한다. 각종 전문직 중에서도 최상위 수준이다.<p style='margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; line-height: 1.7; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; font-family: "Spoqa Han Sans Neo", "Malgun Gothic", "맑은 고딕", Gulim, 굴림, AppleSDGothicNeo-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>의사 정원이 엄격하게 관리되는 한국도 마찬가지다.<p style='margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; line-height: 1.7; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; font-family: "Spoqa Han Sans Neo", "Malgun Gothic", "맑은 고딕", Gulim, 굴림, AppleSDGothicNeo-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>국세청 자료에 따르면 의사의 소득은 2021년 기준 2억6천900만원으로 다른 전문직보다 월등히 높다.<p style='margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; line-height: 1.7; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; font-family: "Spoqa Han Sans Neo", "Malgun Gothic", "맑은 고딕", Gulim, 굴림, AppleSDGothicNeo-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>지난 2020년 변호사의 평균 수입은 의사의 40% 수준으로, 2014년(60%)에 비해 의사와의 차가 더 벌어졌다.<p style='margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; line-height: 1.7; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; font-family: "Spoqa Han Sans Neo", "Malgun Gothic", "맑은 고딕", Gulim, 굴림, AppleSDGothicNeo-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>물론 자본주의 사회에서 수요가 많은 전문직이 높은 보상을 받는 것은 당연한 현상이다.<p style='margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; line-height: 1.7; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; font-family: "Spoqa Han Sans Neo", "Malgun Gothic", "맑은 고딕", Gulim, 굴림, AppleSDGothicNeo-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>다만 특정 전문직 집단이 높은 보상을 받기 위해 경쟁 제한이라는 수단을 동원하려고 한다면 이야기가 달라진다.<p style='margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; line-height: 1.7; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; font-family: "Spoqa Han Sans Neo", "Malgun Gothic", "맑은 고딕", Gulim, 굴림, AppleSDGothicNeo-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>이 같은 시장 왜곡을 바로잡는 것은 정부의 책무다.<p style='margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; line-height: 1.7; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.01em; font-family: "Spoqa Han Sans Neo", "Malgun Gothic", "맑은 고딕", Gulim, 굴림, AppleSDGothicNeo-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>우리 사회에서 누구보다도 막강한 영향력을 가진 집단을 설득하기가 쉬운 일은 아니겠지만, 공급 부족으로 고통받는 소비자들은 정부의 과감한 시장 정상화 조치에 박수를 보낼 것이다.         | 저작권자 ⓒ  연합뉴스(<a href="http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr">http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr</a>) | 무단전재 및 재배포금지 |

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