"Will the Last Physician in America Please Turn Off the Lights: A Look at America's Looming Doctor Shortage"....the name of a book recently written...are doctors in fact easy targets...costs of the practice rise while reimbursements continue to drop...and then there's lawsuits...debt from school, hours worked and not enough family time..BD
No one ever said being a doctor was easy. School and training go on seemingly forever; once graduation arrives, doctors work long hours and are faced with life-and-death decisions daily.
But there were rewards. For decades, doctors earned hefty paychecks, had autonomy and respect. But those benefits are fading, and as a result, so is the number of doctors. Within the next 15 years, the United States will experience a shortage of between 90,000 to 200,000 physicians.
Keyword: paycheck.
ReplyDeleteIf the failure American public thinks suing is OK but not paying docs. I hope that they all die of cancer because there wasn't a good doc available because they felt a while ago it was okay to pay them less.
Go buy a plasma TV and complain some more.