Irvinecommuter said:
Tyler Durden said:
you can demand all you want... where is the supply?
For example:
I demand the jackass lawyers in the District get back to work and earn their paycheck... too bad they won't supply us with a working government.
Doesn't the free market dictate that the more demand there is, the market will either find more supply or alternatives? More nurse practitioners and/or Physician assistants for example.
What...not a believer in free market?
As you haven't passed macroeconomics, i'll help you here. Supply only meets demand when there are no constraints (which there are - not enough eligible candidates) as well as price in the market being able to match the quantity demanded. If the price will not rise to meet the high demand, there is no incentive for suppliers to produce more units (e.g. candidates). The only solution is to have other suppliers enter the market - more foreign doctors on H1B visas.
Since those Visas are tightly controlled by the government, good luck in getting that to change. All the efforts of the tech industry couldn't do it.
Either way, you are living in fantasy land if you feel that the situation will correct itself overnight.