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By that logic, we should artificially cap everything. Why allow just anyone to be a programmer? Don't we only want the best programmers to write our software?
by seibelj 8y ago
By that logic, we should artificially cap everything. Why allow just anyone to be a programmer? Don't we only want the best programmers to write our software?
Any entrepreneur should be able to open up a licensed medical school. Anyone who graduates should be able to get certified as an MD. This is how markets should work - not capping doctors on the hope that we get "better" ones.
Also, I have seen some awful doctors, so I'm not sure the system is working.
- nradov 8y agoAnyone who meets accreditation requirements can open a new medical school. The actual bottleneck in producing new physicians is downstream of medical schools in the residency system. Every year there are students who graduate with an MD degree but can't find a residency position.
- blakesterz 8y agoI know so very little about how all this stuff works, that's really interesting, I've not heard that before.
- jihoon796 8y agoI don't think we have to think of it as a binary opinion. The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) realizes that the supply of doctors is an issue - but anyone can already start a medical school (California Northstate, for example). And to address your point about "awful doctors", people are also starting to realize the shortcomings of the previous system - filtering too heavily on test scores/grades, for example, meant that many medical schools churned out graduates with great test scores but relatively poor interpersonal skills (which is a travesty since you're dealing with people all day) for a while. Nothing is changing overnight, of course, so the jury is still out in how things will be in the next few decades.