Sunday, April 18, 2010

Med School Grads Haven't Increased Since 1980; Nurses Can Help, But the AMA Protects Its Turf


Mark Perry reports:
"The marketplace doesn't determine how many doctors the nation has, as it does for engineers, pilots and other professions. The number of doctors is a political decision, heavily influenced by doctors themselves. Congress controls the supply of physicians by how much federal funding it provides for medical residencies — the graduate training required of all doctors."