Well, we need more pilots to join our ranks.
And adding hurdles, asking them to be rocket scientists and athletes before they're allowed to fly is not the way forward. The LSA was a step in that direction. I'm arguing that I think the medical, for private pilots, is an unnecessary hurdle since it can't predict any underlying faults anyway - it's basically an ear and nose exam done by a nurse. I still have to pay for the doctors signature, though.
Like I said in another thread. I got my license 20 years ago in 43 hrs. Nobody manages that today, because the practical requirements ask more today than they did back then, yet flying has become a lot easier with all the aids we have now. I was an average pilot as well, many did it in less.
There's too many hurdles and bloated requirements on a private pilot. It's a license to learn, after all. Make it easier, not harder. Eliminating the medical is a step in that direction.