Look for that 22% that wouldn’t go into medicine at all to jump to over 50% with national health care. Any transition would be a disaster for years, with HUGE shortages of doctors. Of course, the media would tell us everything was fine and better than private health care. Those able to leave would leave the profession, and I wouldn’t be surprised if that was immediately 25% or more of the physicians. And that would include that better paying specialties that no longer would be better paid.
Just in time for the boomers. Dr. Ken's advice: Don't age and don't get sick or injured.
In my tiny, insignificant life, I personally know four physicians who have either walked away from their practice or retired very early. A lot of the reasons are disgust with HMO proceedures and paperwork, micromanagement, and second-guessing where accountants practice Medicine. One even wrote a book castigating his career.
No, make that five. So here are people who dreamed of a noble, respected profession and put in the time, money and abuses of internship and residency, who essentially say, "I should have been a plumber".