For the last 30 years, 16,000 new doctors are let through each year, and this is very carefully regulated to keep guild members rich. There's nothing wron

For the last 30 years, 16,000 new doctors are let through each year, and this is very carefully regulated to keep guild members rich. There's nothing wrong with that, but the problem is that the government is used as a tool to maintain this monopoly. What? If the AMA is restricting the number of doctors in order to make more money, then there absolutely is something "wrong with that". You're stating as a premise that it is ok for doctors to act selfishly in a way that causes (or aggravates) harm. The sworn responsibility of an MD is to get us and keep us healthy. Sure, it's also wrong if government is going against the public interest in restricting the number of doctors. But whether someone should be able to claim that they are a certified medical doctor is something I want government to regulate, at least for now. AFAIK, these regulations were put in place in response to quackery (and the like).