Wow. AWESOME article! +10,000 if I could!

The answer to that question is easy.
I just thought of another.
Who do you think makes big contributions to Democrats?

Supply of doctors is merely one factor. Have you noticed the consolidation of hospitals? The mega-quasi-public hospitals are spending billions buying up land, buildings, doctor's practices, etc. Hospital administrators are becoming millionaires in the process. Who do think is paying the tab?

"cowering in the corner rather than innovating."
I know dozens of alternative health providers who are constantly afraid of jack booted thugs raiding them for one misplaced word on a web page. Innovation is near impossible under these conditions, and that is the goal: elimination of any competition. Something as simple as recommending high doses of Vitamin C is all but prohibited.

We need healthcare reform, and not healthcare financing reform which is just a shell game where you move the pea around so much that everyone loses track of it and thinks that the care is free.

We need to move away from the “doctor with a black bag” model of healthcare and use technology to provide care to people. This will increase the quality of care as well as lowering its costs. In the future, your primary care physician will be a computer, and possibly paid for by ads. It might even be built into your refrigerator (many health problems start there!)

Of course the lock the AMA has on the industry and all the laws about “practicing medicine without a license” keep software and hardware designers cowering in the corner rather than innovating.

Thank for re-posting. Very interesting. I kept thinking, this is why I'm never going to be a Democrat.

That quote from AMA inaugural meeting, to limit the supply of doctors, is an absolute gem!
Thanks for posting again, I missed it the first time.