I would have much prefer having 30 minutes of time from an average doctor than 5 minutes of time from a great one. Also we could quadruple the number of doctor

I would have much prefer having 30 minutes of time from an average doctor than 5 minutes of time from a great one. Also we could quadruple the number of doctors we let in every year, and and we'd still only be letting in really smart hard working people. And it's about choice, if you want to spend $400 to see the best of the best for 5 minutes go for it. But there are plenty of people who'd rather see a cheaper doctor for longer, even if there mcat scores weren't great or they got a B once in college. Lastly a major chunk of what doctors do is pretty routine. Hey you have a soar throat, let's do a strep test, it's positive, here's an antibiotic. Or you say you have problems being happy, here take an ssri. Oh that one didn't work, let's try another one.