Sorry, ya'll, but after reading these posts I felt that I had to infuse some facts into it. Number one, doctors do not make 3 million a year. I know because I am one. The average salaries for most primary care physicians is around 150K a year. Number 2 is there are great physicians here locally. Number 3 is that you can find lousy physicians anywhere you go, just like you can find lousy car mechanics, lousy pastors, lousy lawyers, etc., etc. Number 4 is that it is a known fact when a third party gets involved with paying the bills, prices go sky high. Fourth is that if we make people responsible for their own money (like health savings accounts do) they start spending it responsibly and start doing the things that are necessary to improve their health. Fifth is that anything the government controls, it screws up. Just look at education, welfare, social security, and on and on and on. Does anyone really believe that they can handle healthcare? I guarantee you that Bush's drug plan will cause a dramatic escalation in prices because of fact number 3 above. I must say I agree that if you decide to cut doctor's salaries, then the brightest and best students will say "adieu" to the healthcare field, because it is barely worth what our real salaries are (definitely NOT 3 million) to put up with all the hassle