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I completely agree to be honest, but it seems like when you see Doctors and nurses complaining on social media, it's almost like they do it as a badge of honor and not because they actually want fewer hours, given the implications that come with fewer hours (i.e. lower salaries).

That's assuming hospitals are actually operating on a tiny profit margin, but if the margin is huge, then there should be more demands. I mean, there's the nurses union at least, but what about the doctors, or the various technicians.

Either way though, the system is still broken with respect to how much the patients have to pay.

> hey can be moderately well off with only moderate commitment

Primary care physician is like this, no? I guess your quality of life is still awful during training and residency.

There is, if you like emergency medicine: you get paid per hour, so you can work as much or as little as you like.