We hope you'll take advantage of this opportunity to learn more about your health and our health care system. We're eager to hear from you. I'm very concerned that, as a country, we aren't producing enough doctors. You raise a very interesting issue. It seems the profession can't agree on the correct answer.
Medical schools report fewer applicants which means fewer doctors.
Yet, in some areas, doctors in certain practices aren't able to find employment. Rather than speculate on the exact number of physicians needed, it would seem the debate should be focused on the distribution of doctors. As with any other profession, doctors go where the money is. You'll find plenty in metropolitan areas, but fewer in the hinterlands. American must face up to this maldistribution issues before we can determine if we have too many or too few doctors.