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Another thing that bugs me in the whole "medical cost" disaster that is the USA. Whenever you talk to Doctors or other medical practitioners about the situatio
by golover721 7y ago
Another thing that bugs me in the whole "medical cost" disaster that is the USA. Whenever you talk to Doctors or other medical practitioners about the situation they blame the hospitals, or the insurance companies or <fill in the blank here> but ultimately they are complicit in the mess, but they don't want to rock the boat, its just shameful.
- chillacy 7y agoThe whole system of massive school debt and massive salaries for doctors resting on the AMA artificially limiting the supply and scope of doctors? Yea I'd say so.
- Paul-ish 7y ago> AMA artificially limiting the supply and scope of doctors? I see people say this, but what does this mean? Should we not certify our doctors? Should just about anyone be able to hang out their shingle?
- tlb 7y agoYou could increase the supply of doctors without impacting quality, by training more doctors. Medical schools are the main bottleneck, and their sizes are regulated by the AMA to constrain supply.
- lotsofpulp 7y agoSchools are not the bottleneck, residency spots are the bottleneck. Residency spots are governed by the federal government (Congress) and someone, somewhere must be lobbying to keep the number of spots low. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/who-pays-for-resident-sal_b_12967008 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/who-pays-for-resident-sal_b_1...
- chillacy 7y agoThere are options between "free for all" and "highly restricted to the point of public harm". Another thing would be to expand the scope of nurse practitioners where it makes sense.