Being an MD aint what it used to be. It used to be you could hang out a shingle, and just take care of the locals. Now you have mountains of paperwork, office staff to worry about, regulations to meet, and requirements and standards of care to be met for each patient. you get pennies on the dollar for the care you provide, and more time is spent badgering insurance companies to care for their patients, then taking care of the patients themselves.

Most practices around here are not accepting new patients. Even after older patients die off, there is no room for new ones because the hosptials they are affiliated with forced them to open the doors to more patients than they could handle. So many places you sit for an hour in the waiting room, and then an hour in the exam room before an MD finally comes in to give you 3 minutes.

Im not sure I could do that job. too many folks telling you how to run your business, and too much paperwork.