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There will not be doctors willing to work for the fees that are projected to be paid. Become your own hope and change, treat yourself.

I'm fine with paying doctors less to an extent, like there has to be a way to control their liability insurance costs and maybe the country should pay for med school. Or, maybe Dr's should make a decent wage when they are in residency.

Very typical Bloomberg op-ed and they preach the same thing. More regulation! I hope a doctor posts here to explain the overhead costs related to their practice. This includes managing multiple insurance and gov't payment systems. Surgeons pay much higher in mal-practice insurance. I wish for once Bloomberg would provide balance to their editorials. This article should explain how many are retiring early to get out of the system.

Perhap the best doctors will then not accept insurance. Your insurance would still pay for the people just out of their rotations, of course.

Are you kidding? These salaries aren't exhorbitant when you consider the responsibility a surgeon has. Why not do something about the truly exhorbitant salaries paid to CEOs of health insurance companies. Remember, health care happens in a dr's office, not on a computer screen.

This is barely better than class-warfare drivel. Doctors get paid a lot because, as is stated early in the op-ed, 'Everybody likes doctors. They deliver our babies, treat our ailments and often save our lives.' Simple as that.

So, the Democrats want everyone to have insurance which is up because the doctor's malpractice insurance is up because the lawyer's rates are up because there's higher demand for litigation because we are entitled to litigation according to the Democrats. I blame the Republicans.

Is it really worth $1,500 for an anesthesiologist who pokes his nose into an OR for 60 seconds while the CRNA really manages the case, or $1,500 for the radiology interpretation and report that takes 5 minutes? Some specialties have escaped scrutiny and continue to live high on the hog.

I'm in a health sciences graduate program. Projected to graduate in a few years into a job making well over >100k. I'll have loans a bit over that amount. I have the option to go on to do a residency, but it's hard to justify the time when I'll make barely half the salary of a practitioner. I'd be more than willing to work for less if somebody would cut the costs of my education. If I could graduate with under $80k in debt, I would be very happy!

If your doctor isn't worth what you (and your insurance plan) are paying him or her, then go somewhere else to get treated. Maybe your neighbor took a couple of classes in College and he could diagnose your ailment for you. It is time to end the charade of government or anybody else determining what someone should earn. Quit the regulations and let people exchange their goods and services according to what someone else will pay for them.