1)The majority of schools of medicine, dentistry, nursing, and other professions and their teaching hospitals are heavily subsidized by federal and state funds

1)The majority of schools of medicine, dentistry, nursing, and other professions and their teaching hospitals are heavily subsidized by federal and state funds. Many of those graduates, when they become health practitioners, feel no obligation to society for their publicly supported education. Do health care providers who reap the benefits of high compensation and social position have a responsibility to repay taxpayers by meeting the needs of the medically underserved?

2. Do licensure and other professional regulations serve the public as much as they serve the self-interest of those already in the various regulated professions? Explain your answer.