Doctors make up less than 9% of total health care spending.  The idea that you&#x27;re going to make a dent in spending by cutting doctor salaries further is insane.<p>They are the only fully knowledgable people in hospital, and because they are so overloaded they are making thousands of key decisions everyday in a rush.  It&#x27;s already conventional wisdom that you can&#x27;t make nearly as much money as a doctor as you use to, and so the best and brightest students are skipping it for more lucrative fields.  This damage will take decades to be undone, even if we were to raise salaries immediately, because of the long training.