ABSTRACT

Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 52 Medical Student Estimates of Supply and Demand ......................................................................... 52 Unbalanced Spending on Physician Training .................................................................................. 53 Registered Nurse Views on Healthcare Reform ............................................................................... 53 On Health Education Assistance Loans ........................................................................................... 53

Interest Rates ............................................................................................................................... 53 Repayment...................................................................................................................................54 Forebearance ...............................................................................................................................54 Deferment ....................................................................................................................................54 Total and Permanent Disability ...................................................................................................54 Due Diligence (Lenders Must) .................................................................................................... 55 Litigation ..................................................................................................................................... 55 Postdefault Activities ................................................................................................................... 55 Medical Student Debt Burden and Loan Defaults ...................................................................... 55 The Next Generation of Antimillionaire Doctors ........................................................................ 55

Physician Compensation Data Sources ............................................................................................ 56 Medical Specialty Trends ............................................................................................................ 57 Twelve Best Jobs in Healthcare, 2014-2015 .............................................................................. 58

The Physician Salary Gender Gap ................................................................................................... 61 The Effect of Healthcare Reform Legislation on Physician Compensation .................................... 62

Doctor Complaints about ACA’s Health Insurance Exchanges Pay ........................................... 62 Physician Executive Pay .................................................................................................................. 63 Other Medical Professional Salaries ................................................................................................ 63

Doctors of Podiatric Medicine .................................................................................................... 63 Doctors of Dental Surgery/Doctors of Dental Medicine .............................................................64 Doctors of Chiropractic ...............................................................................................................65

Allied Healthcare Provider Salaries .................................................................................................65 Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist .......................................................................................65 Physician Assistant ......................................................................................................................66 I’m a Doctor: What, Me Worry? .................................................................................................66