There are nuances here the article misses. For one thing, pay disparity between specialties is huge -- compare a radiologist to a pediatrician, for example. I

There are nuances here the article misses. For one thing, pay disparity between specialties is huge -- compare a radiologist to a pediatrician, for example. In part this is because we have an insurance system that rewards (monetarily) people who perform procedures compared to those who don't.