I would be looking at how the government was fixing to take away my livlihood. Notice I said successful, as some might want to stay and become government employees. (Hey civil service guys, instead of GS or WG, would Drs be a new category-- MS?)
If any of you have been to the specialty hospitals in Dallas or Houston, you will notice many foreigners there, mostly the rich out of Mexico. So if I was a Doc fixing to have the rug jerked out from under me, I would explore Mexico as an option. Maybe a resort area, away from crime and easy access to an airport, for Americans fed up with socialized med care to fly in for care. Probally cut a deal with the Federales to care for some poor, but keep your paying customers coming to pay for it. Probally lots less regs and maybe with no FDA, access to experimental drugs. Would it work?

I think it's probably already happening. I have a friend, that her and her daughter went down to Mexico to get the lap band procedure...I believe they were AMERICAN doctors... ended up paying WAY LESS than had they done it here. Now, whether those doctors made as much money down there as opposed to up here, who knows.

I do know that my sister who works with the heart team doctors over in Tyler are having to continuously lower their rates.

The wages in Mexico are excruciatingly low. I had a friend who got stitches in Mexico, and it only cost 10$. Have you ever been to the ER to get stitches here? I think the doctors wages are going to be fine. In fact, I would argue that in Mexico you actually pay for what you get instead of having to pay the inflated costs of American healthcare.

Since healthcare is beginning to look inevitable, my hope is that as a consumer, the costs will be lowered.

had friends who couldnt get in Med school here, went to Guadalahara med school, came back and passed the boards here. You wouldnt have to pay your help in Mexico as much. People gripe about costs here, but just look at a small Dr. office--One person to file medicare, she wants to feed her kids, one person to schedule, she wants to feed her kids, one nurse, she wants to feed her kids, maybe a lab tech, she wants to feed her kids, then the Doc, who has to pay for a place that looks pretty good or no one will want to go there, plus his equiptment, insurance etc. Look at a trip to the hospital--they look like hotels now-- operating room, recovery room, floor nurse, room nurse, food tech, laundry tech, pharmacist, pharmacist tech, phelb (the blood guys) all want to feed their kids and call themselves professionals and make a living. I think we are fixing to put some folks out of work.

Las chicas en Guadalajara es muy linda!

"Son" muy linda, if you saw more than one;)

I wonder how the new generation of medical practitioners are going to be able to pay for their student loans. Our current ones are so far in debt. Oh well.