[arcanus]

> I don’t want an overworked, stressed doctor. I want a peaceful, calm, thoughtful doctor with a happy home life.

I agree but doctors should go in with open eyes that working fewer hours will require more doctors, and this will in turn drive down MD salaries.

I think that's a great idea, but that seems to be the undeniable tradeoff.

[tmtvl]

But if doctors work fewer hours that means the supply of doctor hours will be vastly outstripped by the demand causing the price of a doctor hour to increase. So wouldn't it be a self-balancing mechanism?

[cma]

But doctor hours are mostly fungible.

[thatfrenchguy]

I mean, no, if everyone works less hours and there are more doctors, MD salaries will stay the same

[nradov]

How do you propose to make more doctors? Right now the primary bottleneck is limited residency program funding from Medicare. There hasn't been much political appetite for major increases.

https://savegme.org/

Given our aging demographic profile with increasing chronic disease burden the problem is likely to get worse. Expect higher prices and longer waits to see a doctor. A more realistic solution will probably be to shift more primary care to lower credentialed practitioners such as Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners.

[cma]

Florida and Tennessee recently changed rules to allow foreign doctors to be licensed more easily.

[thatfrenchguy]

The European union way, allow doctors from other countries to be licensed easily.