You do realise that many physicians are finishing their residency with $250K in student debt, and are also entering the workforce at a later age.

If a family physician earns $150K each year, they end up with around $105K after tax. Factor in living expenses (~$42,000/yr), mortgage ($22K/yr for $400K mortgage), vacation ($6K/yr) and they have already used up $ 70,000 of their $105,000.

With the remaining $35k they can put all of it towards their debt and be debt free in 7 years! 

Now they are 37 (remember, they entered the workforce at a later age), and are able to begin saving for retirement. Seeing as there are no extended health, vacation pay, maternity/paternity, pension plans, or anything else of that matter you can see why there are a lot of upset individuals.