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Doctors are limited by the American Medical Association which sets the limit on residency slots. Basic biochemistry is done by low-paid grad students, a large p
by jeffreyrogers 7y ago
Doctors are limited by the American Medical Association which sets the limit on residency slots. Basic biochemistry is done by low-paid grad students, a large percentage (possibly a majority at some schools) of whom are from lower cost of living countries, particularly China and India.
- wbl 7y agoThe AMA has been lobbying to raise the limit. The issue is residents are unproductive and thus need government subsidy for hospitals to train.
- renewiltord 7y agoThe limit is where it is because the AMA put it there because they were afraid of the "physician glut" ruining salaries. They're probably responsible for around as many American deaths as many of the world's worst dictators. Pretty clever retcon in their text to make themselves out to be heroes, if your source is the AMA. Vote whichever way you want, I'm absolutely right: * https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/health/2005-03-02-doctor-shortage_x.htm https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/health/2005-03-02-docto... * https://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/14/us/ama-board-studies-ways-to-curb-supply-of-physicians.html https://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/14/us/ama-board-studies-ways... * https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/thanks-to-doctors-there-arent-enough-doctors https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/thanks-to-doctors-there-a... * https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1997-03-01-1997060012-story.html https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1997-03-01-19970600...
- tryptophan 7y ago>The issue is residents are unproductive and thus need government subsidy for hospitals to train. This is so hilariously wrong. Hospitals make TONS of money from the work of residents who get paid like 50k doing 200k of work. A residency hospital, Hanneman, closed and the spots there were auctioned off for $55M to other hospitals.