Perhaps a naieve thought, but why doesn't the primary care physician compensation model not follow basic economic principles of supply and demand. We are training fewer primary care docs,therefore should the demand and therefore salaries be going up relative to specialists who are being trained in droves and making much more money.
If family docs and peds held out for higher pay would the "system" have to ultimately raise their fees. Why does a physician with upteen years of training and sacrifice have to settle for a salary that's less than an auto worker at GM with a HS diploma?
If fees were cut for high reimbursed specialists wouldn't fewer docs go into those fields?
Why do Docs allow entities like M'care and M'caid as well as insurance carriers to bully them? Who else can do what they do. I don't buy the argument that its due to their sense of committment to helping folks......Marcus Welby, MD is DEAD for the most part.
Just some thoughts.........anyone care to opine?
If family docs and peds held out for higher pay would the "system" have to ultimately raise their fees. Why does a physician with upteen years of training and sacrifice have to settle for a salary that's less than an auto worker at GM with a HS diploma?
If fees were cut for high reimbursed specialists wouldn't fewer docs go into those fields?
Why do Docs allow entities like M'care and M'caid as well as insurance carriers to bully them? Who else can do what they do. I don't buy the argument that its due to their sense of committment to helping folks......Marcus Welby, MD is DEAD for the most part.
Just some thoughts.........anyone care to opine?