> There is a huge shortage of doctors in the U.S. and it getting worse as the need for doctors goes up as the population ages.
This is true to an extent - the shortage is in primary care, but at the moment there are two issues with the field: the huge costs of medical training in the US and the fact that the cost of healthcare in the US is twice that of the rest of the OECD nations, tendency rising. Something will have to be done, but it's impossible to predict what is going to give.
Combined with the fact that medical training lasts ten years, it is an uncertain proposition.
This is true to an extent - the shortage is in primary care, but at the moment there are two issues with the field: the huge costs of medical training in the US and the fact that the cost of healthcare in the US is twice that of the rest of the OECD nations, tendency rising. Something will have to be done, but it's impossible to predict what is going to give.
Combined with the fact that medical training lasts ten years, it is an uncertain proposition.