Yes, doctors incur a lot of debt, but most of that usually comes from med school. In this case, eliminating bachelors degree wouldn’t really lower costs in any meaningful way.
Sure, that's true for doctors who attend public universities (especially with scholarships). But eliminating some or all of the time spent in a bachelor's program does augment the time in which doctors can earn income and repay debt by 2 years, which is meaningful.
This isn't to say abandoning a bachelor's is the way to go, just that there are financial benefits from doing so, provided the doctor is equally well trained under both models.
Second, doctor’s salary’s are not the factor driving up healthcare costs. It’s how the field is structured, with pay being tied to procedures and tests rather than treatment efficiency.
Salaries are cumulative fees per procedure less overhead. The difficulty is pricing within an HMO insurance model, which superimposes an insurance-motivated pricing structure over an otherwise functioning market.
