Assistant Surgeons?

They are going the way of the Walkman. So what are the feds going to do after they expand coverage and stiff doctors on pay even more broadly than they have with Medicare?

The shortage is likely to only get worse as pay goes down and paperwork is stacked higher. I have no confidence in Washington. I wish the Ninth and Tenth Amendments to the Bill of Rights still had some force.  As this commentator over at Lucianne's writes:

Under what Constitutional authority do these people act? Where is it written that some bureaucrat can tell you when and where you may obtain medical care, and refuse to allow you to purchase what you wish, even WITH your own money?

When asked (rarely), they just stare like a deer in the headlights.

I hope we don't mind waiting in long lines--and that even if we have an unscheduled emergency. I feel as though the FedEx medical delivery system we have--warts and all--is going to be ruined, turned into the medical equivalent of the DMV/Postal Service. Greater costs with less service. Fewer innovations. What a shame.