That it's general practitioners is the key data point there - it's not talking about physicians in general. We have a far greater ratio of specialty doctors to

That it's general practitioners is the key data point there - it's not talking about physicians in general. We have a far greater ratio of specialty doctors to general practitioners than other countries do. I don't have the stats handy, but from what I've read I'd be surprised if we didn't have more doctors per 100,000 people than the average country. edit: Here's the stats - http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_phy_per_1000_peo-physicians-per-1-000-people http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_phy_per_1000_peo-physi... - they bear out my statement, but not really my argument. We have more doctors per 1,000 people than Canada; less than Germany.