The guy above me posted what I waentd to say. Most of the whiners here don't realize that many doctors are working as much as two full-time jobs. When a college professor shows up at 5am and has to stay for 20-30 hours straight, doing surgery on someone's heart or brain, then I'll welcome their opinion on physician salaries. The plumber charges $75/hr. Why is it so unreasonable to pay a surgeon the same? 80 hours a week, with time and a half for overtime, amounts to $50/hour. My wife is a nurse, and she makes $50/hour for overtime.As for Robert Miller: "The last time I was in a hospital for surgery, 1 nurse was covering a ward of more than 20 rooms overnight."Yeah, right.