As I stated before, the real problem is FMGs and not extra DOs.
The following is a link describing this problem.
http://www.imgi.net/internationalmedicalgraduate/corovofspecb1.html
Some quotes.
"...The number of such graduates who enter residencies (approximately 17,500 in 1994) has remained relatively constant for more than a decade. In contrast, there has been a marked increase in recent years in the number of graduates of foreign medical schools who enter residencies in the United States. In 1994, approximately 6750 graduates of foreign medical schools entered residency programs, or almost 40 percent of the number of graduates of U.S. medical schools who entered residencies.3 Seventeen percent of these graduates of foreign medical schools were U.S. citizens..."
"...Approximately 75 percent of the graduates of foreign medical schools who train in the United States ultimately establish practices here.5 If their number continues to increase, the specialty choices made by graduates of U.S. medical schools will have a diminishing influence on the specialty mix of the physician work force..."
"...I suggest that the federal government control the supply of physicians not by regulating the number of residency positions but by limiting the number of graduates of foreign medical schools who enter residency programs each year. In my view, it is not reasonable at this point to consider limiting access to residency training for graduates of U.S. medical schools..."
"...The effects of a continued stalemate are clear: the United States will invest substantial sums of money to educate physicians who are not needed, and some of the young men and women who pursue careers in medicine may find few professional opportunities when they finish their education..."
I was incorrect. FMGs make up 40% of those entering into allopathic residencies.
MacGuyver, obviously, this is a much larger and realistic threat that the government is trying to deal with now.
Again, your argument is weak first because it is not realistic to assume the AOA would accredit a substantial amont of new DO schools to put a dent into the number of new physicians in the US.
Secondly, there is a far larger problem with FMGs as the article states so there is no need to bash the AOA for wanting to accredit a few DO schools which would contribute 400 or so new graduates when FMGs come about 7,000 new each year.