[syki]

If doctors already make more than enough to pay off their medical debt, what would change to make them start accepting lower salaries..

If med school were free then salary required to live at the required standard would go down since the need to service the debt would no longer be there.

[s1artibartfast]

I think that is the point. What is the "required standard" where doctors refuse more money? I don't think there is one. If doctor can live on 100k a year, they can also live on 500k a year. If you were a doctor, which job would you pick? Hospitals will always compete on salary because there aren't enough doctors to go around, and they don't want to be the one without a doctor.

Sure, some people might settle for a low-ball salary for personal reasons if they don't have debt, but I think the vast majority would follow the salary.