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When choosing a primary physician at one of the San Francisco Kaiser Permanente campuses, I noticed that a substantial number of doctors had overseas medical tr

by wahern 7y ago

When choosing a primary physician at one of the San Francisco Kaiser Permanente campuses, I noticed that a substantial number of doctors had overseas medical training. Which was fine by me--I'm an enthusiastic Kaiser member and support their cost management strategies--but I found it interesting. Kaiser also recently opened their own medical school: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiser_Permanente_Bernard_J._Tyson_School_of_Medicine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiser_Permanente_Bernard_J._T... So they're now using a mixed strategy of both out-sourcing and in-sourcing medical training to address high costs.

MiroF 7y ago
> So they're now using a mixed strategy of both out-sourcing and in-sourcing medical training to address high costs. Not as much as they could though - there are still federal caps on the number of fellowship seats available as well as pretty strong restrictions for physicians coming from overseas (although if I recall correctly, California has less stringent restrictions than most) We discuss insurance as a big part of the cost problem, but regulatory capture on the supply end is another huge (and unnecessary) factor.