Disagree. To follow the restaurant example above. And since the topic is debt, how do you think that affects the small private practice? The hospital, that ha

Disagree. To follow the restaurant example above. And since the topic is debt, how do you think that affects the small private practice? The hospital, that has scheduled and contracted the doctor, on site, with the hospitals equipment is more able to have a loss column than an individual. This seems like something the IRS should fix; as all of the above makes the contractor an employee of the hospital. Can you imagine flying on a Delta flight and you have to pay a separate bill to a 3rd party maintenance company.