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> 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
by 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.