[Chickensoup]

Many MDs are still trained overseas. I know three of them. No, there are still substantial school restrictions. ERGO This has fueled the rise of Nurse practitioners and Physician Assistants.

[kenavi]

It doesn't make economic sense for schools to want to restrict their enrollments. Colleges for example are universally engaged in empire building.

In what way are Medical Schools limiting their size, and where is the economic reward to them for doing so?

My perception is that the imposition of HMOs and "managed care" is making medicine a less lucrative and otherwise less attractive field, along with increasing medical liability and health care entitlement that forces doctors to care for uncooperative and unappreciative patients. These are the factors that discourage young Americans from pursuing medical careers.