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This may be a stupid question, but is the unintended consequence of too many Phds not enough MDs?

http://features.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2014/03/04/americas-pa...

It sounds like when the free market competes with the NIH for talent, the NIH wins. Perhaps the slowdown in NIH growth can incent folks with that skillset to go into medicine.