It was reported 20 years ago (i don't know how true is this then and certainly now): the income of a surgeon was about $ 200,000 with an annual insurance premium about $ 200,000. To get that number a youth needs to spend 10 years time of hard work until finishing the subdivision training in intern and residency and with another $250,000 to $300,000 fund to go through that period.
Is anyone like to be one?