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By 2020 the U.S. will be short 91,000 doctors. There's no way we can educate enough doctors to make up that shortfall, and other countries are far worse off.

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Peter Diamandis
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: May 20
Entrepreneur
Physician
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The Bronx
New York City
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