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Date:11/20/2008

tithesis of the free market system and results in its enormous cost and questionable effectiveness in maintaining a generally healthy population."

"I think it will lower the quality of medical care in the U.S."

"A government sponsored universal healthcare would result in decreased reimbursement, more regulations and will result in eliminating services and closing offices ... All patients will now be denied access because doctors can not provide services."

''Decrease reimbursement, increase waiting times from decreased access, like Canada.''

However, some respondents to the firm's radiologist salary survey see potential upside from universal healthcare coverage:

• "It's the right thing to do no matter what the effect on my income, but I think it will help my private practice."
• "Universal healthcare would reduce my income in the short term. But the longer term effect would be good, since the current system isn't sustainable."
• "Such a large portion of our practice is 'no pay' that I believe the overall effect would be helpful."

Radiologist Salary Trends Identified

In spite of practice challenges, 73 percent of radiologist salary survey respondents said their 2007 income was greater than (44%), or about the same as (29%), their income in 2006. However, more than a quarter (27%) of responding radiologists reported earning less income in 2007 than in 2006, with 15 percent reporting income decreases of 10 percent or more.

Based on LocumTenens.com survey responses, the 2008 annual diagnostic radiologist salary averaged $367,907.70, roughly a seven-percent increase over an a
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