[FreePoster]

The article is a little light on giving the reasons why the doctors are unhappy with their jobs. But it sounds like it is mostly related to the means of payment, insurance and Medicare, and the restrictions and hassles that come from those.

[Rudder]

But it sounds like it is mostly related to the means of payment, insurance and Medicare, and the restrictions and hassles that come from those.

Without income your office can't stay open--it takes 50% or more of gross. Without hefty malpractice insurance you get no privileges at the hospital.

[Vanders9]

It is, but it boils down to one thing...physicians spending higher and higher proportions of their time filling in paperwork that PROVES they are doing a good job, as opposed to actually DOING a good job by healing patients.

[meadsjn]

Anyone who creates, repairs, designs, produces, or does any kind of constructive work today has to acknowledge the reality that their effort must be sufficient to support at least another hundred dingbats who can't be bothered to get educated and become productive.

Eventually, Atlas will shrug, either from self defense or from exhaustion.