Cutting doctors salaries was never in the cards.
Congress fears the backlash from angry patients more than it cares about a balanced budget.
People vote; ink doesn’t.
Sure it is, when the political numbers allow.
Congress had zero problem gutting our military through Sequestration, and by default, laying off the military doctors, nurses, and medical professionals that care for our combat wounded and military families. Almost 70% of military doctors and nurses DoD-wide took a 20% pay cut for months, and many of them quit in disgust).
Military civilian medical workers quit after furloughs
Our government even furloughed those at Walter Reed who looked after the most seriously injured of our combat wounded.
Walter Reed plans to furlough thousands; soldier advocacy groups worry about care despite assurances
That furlough happened.
But our politicians fear the Medicare crowd, so we now will spend Tens and Hundreds of Billions that everyone around here says we don't have.
Hypocrisy is a wonderful thing.