Sarah Kliff worries that we don't have enough primary care doctors. Yglesias proposes letting more foreign-trained doctors practice in the US:
If you establish a clear path by which a foreign-born, foreign-trained individual can receive a work permit and a medical license, then this will inspire the developing world to train more doctors, many of whom will move to the United States. Allowing for more trade allows for more specialization and more overall production. Currently you're allowed to build physical objects in whichever country is best-suited to building physical objects and then sell them in whichever country has the most demand for the objects. But legally speaking, doctors generally need to be produced in the countries that consume their services. This makes no sense as in practice the countries with the highest demand for medical services are the countries where it's most expensive to produce new doctors.
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