Please re-read my post, my point was no profession believes it is overpaid. That is human nature.
I agree with you on the lawsuits. I have argued it should be decided administratively in the government. No courts involved. Just a team of medical experts(with actual medical degrees) to determine if wrong doing. And then along with peoples insurance to determine the resulting costs of the damage done.. and if disciplinary action is neccessary against the doctor.
This would work. It's called "no fault" insurance. Not only would it provide for "adverse outcomes", directly to the patient without a lawyer taking his "third plus expenses" but it would add to the greater knowledge and improvement of medical care, since you wouldn't have medical professionals with a "fortress" mentality.
It's ridiculous to think that any human being can function throughout a whole career without errors. With a system like you suggest, they could "come in from the cold" and deal with problems.