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The alternative? How about not artificially restricting the number of doctors in the system so the ones in it don't play musical chairs and ones aspiring to don
by pishpash 9y ago
The alternative? How about not artificially restricting the number of doctors in the system so the ones in it don't play musical chairs and ones aspiring to don't do 28-hour shifts?
- djrogers 9y agoArtificially restricting? Could you elaborate? I was under the impression that the only restriction on the number of doctors is the ability for people to get through med school.
- maxerickson 9y agoThere's a fixed number of seats in medical schools and a fixed number of residency slots. When you add foreign doctors that would like to practice in the US to medical school graduates, there's less residency slots than doctors that would like to take them. Most residencies are paid for by Medicare. Big hospital systems just can't seem to find the funds to train doctors on their own.