I understand this and subjectively (never fact-checked this) tend to believe this is true. Meanwhile I'm aware about another problem, taking place at least in

I understand this and subjectively (never fact-checked this) tend to believe this is true. Meanwhile I'm aware about another problem, taking place at least in some countries (not sure how this is in the US): due to shortage of doctors, many of them are forced to work way more hours than a human can healthily sustain. Doctors, let alone nurses income also isn't that great everywhere, at least in some European countries it can be very humble. Low reward for extreme work contributes to shortage of people willing to go through the extreme challengingness of medical education. Do the doctors often have to work extended hours, also night and weekend shifts in the USA? If yes, how comes they don't mind lobbying for supply restriction? I've recently read people now have to win a lottery to get appointed to a dentist in a town or Krnov in Czechia because the queue is about five thousands people long and there are just two or three dentists. Meanwhile dental care somehow gets much more affordable and available the more you go east so people travel to Poland, Turkey and Russia and say the quality is equal or better. The general principle apparently applies to all sorts of medical professions: the more developed a country is the harder it is to get medical care.