[quote=FlyerInHi]There is a labor shortage of doctors. Rural communities increasingly rely on foreign doctors. Maybe that’s why the rural folks are unhappy with healh care. Better some health care than none.[/quote]
But really only in certain fields, the lowest paying fields of medicine (Internal, Family), and yes, especially in rural areas. Some of that gap is being covered by a trend towards PA and NPs for most general needs; when little Susie has a cough she doesn’t REALLY need to see an MD to determine if antibiotics or antiviral medication is needed.
We actually have a pretty good system in place to control the pipeline of new MDs in this country. If there was a true shortage UCSD and friends could all start pumping out a few more doctors a year.
