NYT Reports Protectionists Will Continue to Exclude Foreign Doctors

This fact was implicit in a NYT piece that discussed the extent to which U.S. medical schools are expanding enrollments. The piece notes that the number of doctors in the United States is limited by the requirement that they complete a U.S. residency program. It doesn't give any indication that this protectionist restriction might be removed or weakened in the years ahead.

As a result of this protectionism, U.S. doctors earn on average more than twice as much as their counterparts in Germany,...