I normally enjoy what you write, but there is one glaring inaccuracy in your post. School Principals do not get the same time off as students our teachers! The vast majority work year round, getting the same 2-3 weeks and standard holidays that other professions have. They also arrive at school much earlier and leave later than do the students and the teachers. Educating never ends in the classroom–there is ALWAYS work to be done at home, which of course, is never compensated. Not to mention all those after school meetings with parents and kids…and I highly doubt the highest paid school principal gets a comparable salary to the highest paid physician. Try talking with you local elementary school teacher if you want a good idea of how hard she works.

I know you want to emphasize that doctors are getting the short end of the stick, but don’t do it by comparing them to public educators, who have been routinely shafted by public policy for decades. What educators do is just as important as what doctors do (with less support, money, and respect),and please don’t imagine for a second that it is a comfortable life filled with playing with children, short days, and long vacations.

I have a bunc of questions – how do we provide access to a doctor for those with chronic, severe, life threatening conditions, or epidemic type diseases? Do concierge fees provide subsidy for some of those visits?