[elefanten]

We probably don't hear about doctors' salaries as part of the problem because they're not a huge problem. A cursory web search indicates theres about a million doctors in the US. If you cut each of their salaries by 100,000 (which probably isn't feasible) then you would save 100 billion.

Sounds like a lot, right? Until you note its just $300 out of $10,000 spent per person each year.

And what's the trade-off? Despite your opinion that it's boring or potentially not very challenging... there are pretty logical reasons why people would still want a relatively disciplined, intelligent and careful person as their doctor. The lengthy and onerous requirements for schooling are filtering for more than just the ability to perform a series of carefully defined procedures.