And I have also heard that under this plan, all doctors get the same pay.
All of them.
So a neurosurgeon, who is on call for trauma and has to take part in highly risky surgeries is paid the same as a dermatologist?
Nothing against dermatologists, but this is the tip of an iceberg.
It’s purely a matter of supply and demand. If the supply is there, then the price of their services will decline, whether they like it or not. They will work for less, or they won’t work at all. If some of them refuse to work, then the supply will adjust and the price will stabilize, but it’s a self adjusting process, so the price won’t go down unless the supply is there. I think that a lot of neurosurgeons will remain in the business, even if they get paid less than they currently do. The reason they get paid so much now is not simply that few people want to go into this business, or that they aren’t getting paid enough. The main reason is that a concerted effort has been made both by the industry and by the government to reduce the number of doctors.