>>The notion that an MD has to also be an entrepreneur has corruption built into it.

Only because of an unusual funding model not used anywhere else in the free world. There's no reason why physicians shouldn't be able to run a practice same as any lawyer or plumber, apart from the issue of funding.

>>My senior friends and I have all switched to using walk-n clinics using salaried MD's and nurse practitioner's who aren't on call from hospitals. We get excellent care and are out in a hurry.

Sheesh, gotta do it: how do you judge that you get excellent care? Is this from examination of outcomes or your perception? Nothing wrong with perception, it's well known to physicians that the operative scar is a major determinant of patient satisfaction, no matter how expertly the procedure beneath was performed.

Perhaps physicians should behave like hairdressers, building in luxury services and presenting a series of dramatic "experiences" so as to charge $200 for a $20 haircut, or toenail clipping for that matter. ;-)