Obama is now getting to the issue of pay. Its not wallstreet pay its the Health Industry pay. You watch how the will frame this issue.
We need Gov health care due to Insurance company and doctor greed.
When PMOs came in, there was, at that time, a transfer of wealth of +/- $8 billion to the ‘managed care’ entities, the monies coming out of the doctors’ pockets.
With the fees for malpractice insurance what they are, there is no reason for a doc to go deeply into debt to pay for an education that will not pay to cover the loans & costs of doing business.
I know someone who is coming to the end of his medical career. He tells me that he has never worked harder in his life, and he has worked hard a long time.
Control the lawyers and you will control the prices. Yes, insurance companies play a big part but the doctors are held hostage by both. Ask your doctor how much he makes a year, if you know him well enough, and you’ll be amazed at how little his income is.