Agreed the main issue is with the system being broken, but the professionals are a part and driving factor of that issue and also deserve at least some of the b

Agreed the main issue is with the system being broken, but the professionals are a part and driving factor of that issue and also deserve at least some of the blame. Many careers cost a great deal of time and money to get into (the cost of schooling is a huge issue, but a totally different discussion). Most of those careers make no where near the same sorts of salaries as MDs expect to make. The sciences in general have all of the same issues you mention. Doctors make obscene salaries in our current society (though not necessarily historically). It is disingenuous to say that doctors "deserve" these sorts of salaries. Doctors in other countries do not make the same sort of inflated salaries as US Docs. [0] Again, while I agree that the system in general is broken, it is not sickening to point out that doctor's make obscene salaries. [0] http://wallstreetpit.com/5769-the-medical-cartel-why-are-md-salaries-so-high/ http://wallstreetpit.com/5769-the-medical-cartel-why-are-md-...