Demand without supply

Nina Wu of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin writes:

"It is one of the most fundamental principles of economics: When there is a need for services, and money to pay for them, a supply generally follows. But that isn't the case for some medical specialties in Hawaii - especially on the neighbor islands, where a relatively small population and a high cost of maintaining a practice have conspired to drive specialists away."

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