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reaperducertoday at 1:50 PM0 repliesview on HN

Even doctors who cater to the remote areas where farmers dwell get extra payments from our governments.

Very common in the United States, too.

There are a lot of doctors who get their student loans reduced or paid off by state and local governments in exchange for working a certain number of years in less-desirable locations. I've worked with a number of them.

There was an entire TV show based on it that ran on CBS for five years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Exposure