[Hot Tabasco]

quit working for the hospital, go to a small town and open your own practice and don’t accept medicare, medicaid, or insurance and all your problems will magically go away.

And your practice will likely be restricted to coughs, sore throats, bruises, ring worm and warts........anything else you'll probably be referring out........LOL!

And your income will likely be in the $30K range............

[TexasFreeper2009]

Well, yes, you will not be able to do major surgeries, but those procedures are typically referred to the major hospitals anyway, as they are with most private practices.

And all the doctors I know that do this are worth north of 10 million, and have all the patients they wish.

I can not understand why you and others deny this to be true. Apparently you think no one has money to pay doctors? because I hate to inform you but people pay large amounts out of pocket for medical procedures all the time that are not covered by insurance, medicare or medicaid. Procedures such as face lifts, tummy tucks, lasik eye surgery, liposuction, hair transplants, and hair removal are never covered by insurance, and other treatments like In vitro fertilization or needed care for pets are rarely covered. And most people dont have dental insurance and must pay out of pocket. The list goes on and on.