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"Finally, what is the point here? An more economically "equal" society, or a society where people like me don't die waiting in line for care? I stridently advoc
by ZenPsycho 10y ago
"Finally, what is the point here? An more economically "equal" society, or a society where people like me don't die waiting in line for care? I stridently advocate for the latter."
this is a false dichotomy. To get more doctors you need more people who can afford the education. Not less. I'd say check your privilege- Any of those options you listed for getting an education still take a vastly greater amount of resources, than you are giving credit for. You can't study out of a book if you don't have a house to live in.
as for whether my comment was out of line, I'd say if your argument is to take away government subsidy for infrastructure, force people to pay for their own education, leaving out the basic costs of the education is a critical part of the argument you left out, and for a transparently self serving purpose.
- maxharris 10y ago> I'd say check your privilege That is not the right advice for any human being, no matter where they start. I'm fighting for my life right now - a life I had to strive for. I don't take a moment for granted, even with the pain and the uncertainty that I'm under right now. I paid for my education (UW-Madison, class of 2011). I've never wanted anything but to earn my place in the world. You say that I'm motivated by a self-serving purpose? You're goddamned right that I am. I have the moral right (like anyone else) to strive for existence, your ideas be damned.
- ZenPsycho 10y agoWhen I say self serving purpose, I mean your Ayn Randian ideology. What you are arguing for would actually produce fewer doctors.
- maxharris 10y agoHow would removing a federal cap on doctor training - that our own congress wrote into law in 1999 - produce fewer doctors? (https://www.aamc.org/advocacy/gme/71178/gme_gme0012.html https://www.aamc.org/advocacy/gme/71178/gme_gme0012.html)
- ZenPsycho 10y agoSorry, I misread your original post. 180 degrees off from what I thought you wrote. In your link, it looks like putting a cap on residents that can join educating hospitals is in place as a measure to save on medicare costs. it seems like training doctors is the sort of thing a country should be pouring more money into, as an investment in the future.