There is also somewhat of a correlation between the years spent in training and their pay. Not all doctors are making 400k, not by a long shot. However, your s

There is also somewhat of a correlation between the years spent in training and their pay. Not all doctors are making 400k, not by a long shot. However, your statement about the doctor shortage. For some cases, like PCPs it is due precisely because they dot get paid nearly as Wells's you intimate. OTOH in general the supply of doctors across the board is carefully metered my the medical community. We could easily turn that dial up if we wished. They don't like that for various reasons, including watering down their pay.