KevinMD July 20, 2024
Charles Dinerstein, MD, MBA

My friend and colleague, Alex Berezow, wrote a piece titled “Is the U.S. doctor shortage intentional?” The writers at ACSH share their work before publication to get feedback, and in the case of Alex’s latest, we disagreed. While much of what he wrote is factual, without the nuance of the setting, it fails to tell the entire story. So here is not so much my rebuttal but the rest of the story.

“Don’t tax you, Don’t tax me, Tax that fellow behind the tree.”

Alex is correct that health care costs are high, whether you peg them against income, GDP, or outcome. He is also correct in saying that there is a blame game where each actor in the health...

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