text: While I would agree with you on some of this, the solution isn't more medical schools. The # of medical student spots has actually grown a LOT in the last decade, but we see the squeeze in residency spots. The government has a cap on the # of residency positions and that # hasn't changed in almost 30 years!!! For the first time in history, there will be MORE graduating physicians than residency position available in 2019. This doesn't even take into consideration the internatiponal medical graduates (many of whom are American citizens) who are unable to match innto a residency and therefore are unable to practice medicine. If we want more physicians (and we DO NEED more physicians), then congress needs to expand the allowable # of residency positions!