[TTPrograms]

(1) If there is an insufficient number of doctors then it must be that they're insufficiently compensated (factoring in cost of education) - if there's money to be made, people will do it. Education will (and does) grow to support demand, and America has no shortage of educatable young adults.

If doctors aren't being compensated well enough while health care costs are high (controlled for confounders e.g. population disease prevalence) it's hard to blame anything other than the industries drawing profit off those interactions (insurance/hospitals).

(2) Stop using "socialism" to define any form of government intervention you do not like.

[jrs235]

>If there is an insufficient number of doctors then

perhaps there is a "union" limiting the number of new doctors allowed to practice every year?

[TTPrograms]

I understand the argument that medical associations intentionally limit supply to prop up their own salaries. I don't think there's sufficient evidence to demonstrate that's a critical factor. Any form of licensing "friction" introduced could be countered by a compensation increase - unless there's evidence that they're imposing a specific cap on licensing numbers then it seems implausible.