I get what you're saying, but I don't think more doctors is the answer. Hospitals will only hire the absolute minimum number of doctors they can possibly get aw

I get what you're saying, but I don't think more doctors is the answer. Hospitals will only hire the absolute minimum number of doctors they can possibly get away with, other than the ones who actually bring in new business. This is the reason: as soon as the medical industry has established a consensus price for some procedure or other item of care, the hospital administration starts to work on figuring out how to do it for the least possible cost. The price has been set in stone, no need for further justification. Medicare or whoever WILL pay that much. The price is fixed so the only knob left to turn is cost, and cost will be reduced all the way down, until service is just above a level so poor that patients would decide to stay home.