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I have been formulating the opinion that we need more doctors. Most doctors will tell you they work too many hours. This can't be good for anyone. The only t

I have been formulating the opinion that we need more doctors. Most doctors will tell you they work too many hours. This can't be good for anyone. The only thing it does is allow them to make more money. Many need that cash: pay off loans, ROI for all their training etc.. What would happen if doctors only worked a 4 day, 40 hour work week? We would obviously need more doctors to make up the shortfall. There would be costs associated with that, but once we doubled the number of doctors, there may be some great financial and quality benefits for all parties. The only downside is most doctors would make less, but they would have still be upper-middle class and have a very comfortable life.

Brushfire 17y ago
I'm not sure I agree with all of your assessment. The doctors that make all the money do it in private practice, and they also arent the ones who are generally over worked. Some specialties make more money than others, and those specialties attract doctors who value money. However, working for public hospitals in many places, or some specialties, you know you are working with people who do not value money (at least not as a primary motivator). Remember -- the doctors who make the real money in medicine do it becuase they own their practice. This is just like working as an electrician or owning your own electrician company that employees 10 people. Owners make more.