I really wish I could experience this nationwide shortage. I believe there is a shortage in FP, but there seems to be none in pediatrics.
I believe the "shortage" is only as real as the dollars that drive it. This whole house of cards is about to get blown over, and we will soon see how many neurosurgeons and gastroenterologists and cardiologists we really need.
People can't afford medical care any more, the employers are increasingly unable to pay for the "insurance" (Mafioso protection racket is more like it) and the government is apparently so broke they can't even afford printing presses to make more money!