"The issue isn't money, it is supply of medical care as measured in units of doctor-hours" Except it isn't. The cost of the supplies necessary for treatment (d

"The issue isn't money, it is supply of medical care as measured in units of doctor-hours" Except it isn't. The cost of the supplies necessary for treatment (drugs, medical equipment) is at least as big of an issue. Also, wages for doctors are trending downwards thanks to HMO's. I'm not saying that's an inherently bad thing, but it's definitely not what you would expect if doctor-hours were the scarcest resource in the system.