Here is another fact. My PCP works for a health care corporation, he is also a friend and often complains that he is not able to do a decent job. He has to see a minimum amount of patients a day, He gets penalized if he doesn't meet his quota. It is far easier to prescribe some drugs and sent the patient his/her way, then sit down and listen and treat the patient right. He is often very stressed because he is not able to do his job right. He tried to open his own practice but the overhead was to much of a burden. He is a well known and well liked MD but I am afraid one day he just will stop because the stress will be to much.