Doctors' wages have grown minimally ocer the last 20 years. Increased costs go to big pharma, 'not for profit' hospitals, and insurance companies, the "cartel".

Doctors' wages have grown minimally ocer the last 20 years. Increased costs go to big pharma, 'not for profit' hospitals, and insurance companies, the "cartel". Meanwhile, the expense and number of years of training for high end docs increases. I am 57 and still did 4 years undergrad, 4 years med school, and 5 years postgrad. I did not do the 1 or 2 year fellowship now required for many radiology positions. Read the Proscan law suit about what happens when undertrained folks read imaging exams. It is not the shortcut needed to save healthcare. We can pay docs fairly if we get 80 percent of care away from hospitals where it costs 3 times more than it does elsewhere. Because hospitals employ or subsidize 70 percent of docs, most care happens there. That is really a huge part of the problem.