From: Brian on
On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 21:47:33 -0500, Mitchell Holman
<noemail(a)comcast.net> wrote:


> Last time I looked every medical school in the
>country had far more applicants than slots, and that
>doesn't include the thousands of foriegn doctors
>trying to move the US.

It's about 2:1 overall.
>
> Maybe you can show us where this "reduced incintive"
>to be a doctor can be found in the statistics. I don't
>see it.


You may think that reducing fees and adding more regulation will
attract people but I doubt it.

And it is incentive not "incintive."

From: Mitchell Holman on
Brian <drmorrisnospam(a)comcast.net> wrote in
news:3nups5ptpf7bh6o6fs3npi3dcg9lspua0u(a)4ax.com:

> On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 21:47:33 -0500, Mitchell Holman
> <noemail(a)comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
>> Last time I looked every medical school in the
>>country had far more applicants than slots, and that
>>doesn't include the thousands of foriegn doctors
>>trying to move the US.
>
> It's about 2:1 overall.
>>
>> Maybe you can show us where this "reduced incintive"
>>to be a doctor can be found in the statistics. I don't
>>see it.
>
>
> You may think that reducing fees and adding more regulation will
> attract people but I doubt it.


Is there a shortage of applicants to medical schools in
"socialized medicine" countries.

If not, why not?