Bert,
In theory I agree with your plan to go on strike. But in reality, even then we have no leverage. Insurance companies will simply bypass us completely (as they are already doing) and have their nurses manage our patients over the phone! Or, more and more Wal-Mart clinics will pop up. There will always be those physician extenders (no offense to anyone intended for I was once one also) who will be willing to do the work we are doing now and the states will continue to grant them the legal tools to do so. Medicine, particularly primary care, is already becoming a "job Americans will not do" and I think that would increase dramatically if we "go on strike". Personally, I am a pessimist. I see no way of regaining our stronghold. Everything in this country (the world) is changing. You can't even get a decent pizza anymore. (I know, I know, I've only had it once since the stents!!)
Leslie
