re: The 2016 Physician Compensation Report is out

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Yeah, unfortunately controlling costs to the federal government means reducing reimbursements. This primarily hits the pockets of physicians which is a relatively small part of where our healthcare dollars go.

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Agree. Still don't think people will do it even if Med school is fully subsidized and tort reform happens. Delaying an income for 7-10 years means these people are least $700k in earning potential behind their peers (with a medium of $100k salary on completion of residency). Then take into account the stress and the amount of work (I still work 70-100 hours a week), don't think so.

As to the doctors reimbursement, the latest figure I heard was it was only 9% of total healthcare expenditures. Decreasing it to 5%?wont do squat for decreasing healthcare costs. In fact, reimbursement has decreased from 16% to 9% and costs have increased.