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[–] Malthrax 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

One possible solution is to lower the financial barrier for smart people to enter into medicine as a career. Costs are high because there ISN'T an over-abundance of doctors. Costs are high because medical school is expensive as fuck. Costs are high because doctors don't have to compete with one another in the "free market". Nobody does comparison shopping based on cost when picking a doctor for routine stuff.

You need enough doctors and nurses that everyone who needs one can get one easily, but not so many that its impossible for those doctors and nurses to earn a living (and pay back their student loans).