Doctors in America are harboring an embarrassing secret: Many of them are going broke.

[TreasonousBastard]

19. Of course, the largest single problem is Medicare not paying...

enough to keep them in business. Medicare-- the program a lot around here want to run the whole show.

Medicaid wasn't mentioned, but that program is even more of a skinflint.

Other problems barely mentioned were the huge costs of paperwork and running a modern medical practice, getting into a "network" and young doctors saddled with humongous loans.

FWIW. a couple of years ago NPR did a piece on broke doctors, and found some willing to talk about it. One had been practice for over 30 years and now works 60-70 hours a week and haf the time ends up with nothing after the bills are paid.

It's not Medicare, insurance companies, or any other sound bite causing the trouble-- it's the fundamental way our system deals with education and pay for service that's the root of it.