Private physicians, many general practice, internists, and others, are hiring on as ‘hospitalizes”’. Here they give up their private practice and work on the floor of the hospitals to see patients to evaluate a problem which arises while one is hospitalized. General surgeons are hiring on to hospitals, givinging up their practice to take trauma and general surgery call for indigents who come in to the ER with gunshot wounds, bowel obstructions, gallbladder problems….those areas of general surgeon expertise. I have a good friend who is a thoracic-cardiovascular surgeon who hired on as a hospitalist. Gave it all up. These people go to work at 8 a.,m. and gol home at 4p.m. They have no night call. Their liability goes down, and their salaries go down. Government remuneration is on the decline to such a degree that they cannot afford to pay the light bill, the rent, the salaries of employees, etc. Now, they are just like everyone else.;;;;They ;have less money and less liability, and less personal risk, and a life.. My advise is,….do not get sick on weekends, or at night. There is no personal incentive to race in at night to assume medico legal risk, work all night only to have to work throughout the next day. And finally know this,……single payor is coming. Look at the screwup associated with the rollout of the ACA. and all of the following lies exposed…..it has got to be profoundly embarrassing…..but still the cluster**** keep on coming…..Obamas dedication to single payer goes forth. He is committed no matter how much pain and diminution of quality of health care follows. This is when you will see many worst case scenarios….rationing, limitations of medication and medical devices for the plebeians and Obama and the oligarch in Washington will get the gold plated health care……you know……the kind you have 4 years ago.
The lawyers(govt types) are jealous of medical people. Always have been. The lawyers finally won the war.
The ubiquitous hospital clinics I just mentioned include many urgent care facilities, where you are welcomed up until 8PM. I am just about to head to one now, because it's the weekend.