To me it sounds like IM's rant is in regards to a shortage of healthcare providers, which there absolutely is. It's only going to get worse as our aging population gets even older.
Now let's cue Obamacare, where people who previously chose not to purchase health insurance (and consume healthcare services) are forced to pay for coverage and begin consuming healthcare services. Now everyone in the country has healthcare, so everyone in America is consuming healthcare. Doctors are getting paid less because government contractual adjustments are always much higher than private insurance companies, and the aforementioned problem described by IM gets much worse.
In the end, with Obamacare you have a policy that only addresses the demand side of healthcare services but does nothing to adjust the supply of healthcare providers.
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