The substantive arguments I am trying to make are: 1. Despite diminishing returns, medicine/health is a social/individual priority and significant resources ar

The substantive arguments I am trying to make are: 1. Despite diminishing returns, medicine/health is a social/individual priority and significant resources are dedicated to this field. 2. Health is a core necessity similar to food and shelter - I find it difficult to imagine a future of substantially decreased health resources. 3. Current aims are to improve efficiency, and slow the growth of healthcare as a proportion of GDP, but it would be difficult to actually decrease its proportion of GDP, particularly if expectations for standard of living and health continue to increase. 4. Biological science is really interesting and medicine allows you to help others. 5. You get to see some really cool things that most people can't see. 6. The above reasons are things that won't be changing in the foreseeable future. For any career, there are intangible and unquantifiable reasons and benefits. I am not, and not seeking to, make a completely objective, metric based argument for medicine. To be successful, I think you need to have a passion for your career, and I am simply trying to identify the aspects of medicine that one can find passion for. For that matter, if the decision to choose medicine is purely quantitative and pragmatic, I would advise you against medicine. We don't need physicians like that.