<p>@nj<em>azn</em>premed: I don't care about difficulty, enjoyment, or salary. So it's a bit strange that even despite all this there are countless attempts to dissuade me from entering my field..or maybe I've been to vague on what "my field" really means.</p>
<p>In any case, if none of this works out there's always stem cell research.</p>
<p>For some reason I can't quite place my finger on (<em>sarcasm</em>)...you strike me as a bit presumptuous.</p>
<p>Not presumptuous, you're just bad at picking up sarcasm. No, typing <em>sarcasm</em> doesn't mean you understand it.</p>
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Not presumptuous, you're just bad at picking up sarcasm. No, typing <em>sarcasm</em> doesn't mean you understand it.
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lol nj<em>azn</em>premed is pwned..</p>
<p>"For some reason I can't quite place my finger on (<em>sarcasm</em>)...you strike me as a bit presumptuous."</p>
<p>My entire post was sarcastic...do YOU understand what it is?</p>
<p>^If I answered your question this post would be deleted and I'd be IP banned. :(</p>
<p>Anyway, back on topic(and a serious post for once)...I talked to a non-CC pre-med and he predicts that this is more of a cyclic thing, and in 20 years things will be on the rise again due to a shortage of doctors. Obviously he also stated that there are obviously no definites/guarantees in such a prediction (or he could just not know what he's talking about as NCG would assume).</p>
<p>^ Does he have a prediction about national health care?</p>
<p>Shortages leading to high demand leading to higher compensation depends upon a free and competitive market. Since that doesn't exist -- and, in fact, since we're getting farther away from it -- shortages don't necessarily lead to improvements. In fact, the shortage itself is likely caused by dismal conditions. The shortage is normally a step in self-correction of the market, but government and monopsonist interference virtually guarantees that this correction will not take place.</p>