[kaila]

Americans would not accept care from substandard physicians.
There would be a revolt.
It was different in Russia-as they did not know any better.
There is no way in the US physicians would accept 40-60,000 salary.
My husband is a physician- if that occurred he could teach high school biology for the same wages.
No way, no how, anyone is going to take that level of stress job for 40-60,000.
It would kill health care.
Of course, they could pass a law that made physicians slaves.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Isn’t the US Public Health Service a uniformed entity like the military? Okay, he’ll just draft all MDs, DOs, etc. into the USPHS under Selective Service. Impossible? I thought the government making me pay for health insurance or putting me in jail was “impossible” a few years ago...

[oldenuff2no]

You hit everything right no the head. You husband could probably teach at the college level and make 100K a year. Why should he be stuck taking handouts from the government and going broke.
Most docs that I know couldn’t pay their student loans and put a roof over their heads at 40-60K a year.
This is all so stupid in so many different ways. They are going to have to continually tweak this to keep it afloat. Eventually it will break this country financially.