> Allow any doctor in a country with reasonably competent medical standards to practice in the United States. The malpractice lawyers will love this one. But

> Allow any doctor in a country with reasonably competent medical standards to practice in the United States. The malpractice lawyers will love this one. But put another way, is there any country that claims it has a surplus of doctors? I'm skeptical of claims that there is a "shortage of doctors" in the US and other developed countries when you compare rates to third world countries. FWIW Canada has long claimed it has a shortage of doctors too. In practice that means there's a shortage of doctors in rural Manitoba and Saskatchewan which is why such a high proportion of doctors in Saskatchewan are from South Africa. I don't think there is so much a shortage of doctors as a lack of nurse practitioners etc. who have the legal authority to treat the medically trivial ailments (e.g., coughs, colds) that most of the time is why we go see a doctor. Since the medical profession is self governing, it is a cartel and therefore it is in the interests of doctors to control supply to keep prices high.