Well, to comment on the other side of this issue, is it conceivable to you that over time, fewer and fewer of the brightest students are not going to be attracted to medicine and nursing if they are not financially rewarded well for their efforts? Would most pphysicians have made the effort to deal with the eight to twelve years of higher education, the lack of any reasonable lifestyle for them and their young families, the 18-24 hour oncall schedules for years as residents, if they knew that they would be earning about the same as a university professor when this time was over? I don't think it is reasonable. In a perfect world, maybe but realistically? No, I don't think so.