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This is false, or at least no longer true. Since you didn't provide evidence, I don't feel the need to do so either. But debunkings can be found on this site,

This is false, or at least no longer true. Since you didn't provide evidence, I don't feel the need to do so either. But debunkings can be found on this site, as well as elsewhere Edit: OK, here's one from me https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21127853 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21127853

renewiltord 6y ago
1986, 1997, 2005, 2018. Not only is there a hysteresis effect here but the AMA didn't stop being evil villains in 1900. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22940320 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22940320 Doctors are protectionist evil people.
- coolgeek 6y ago
  Your 2018 link is the same opinion piece that I rejected in the comment I linked. Your 2005 link includes the following quotes: > Congress controls the supply of physicians by how much federal funding it provides for medical residencies — the graduate training required of all doctors. and > Even the American Medical Association (AMA), the influential lobbying group for physicians, has abandoned its long-standing position that an "oversupply exists or is immediately expected." That second quote precludes me from having to respond to the 1986 or 1995 links since my original comment said "no longer true"
  - renewiltord 6y ago
    It's the usual hysteresis that results in what they did. The Nazis haven't gassed anyone in fifty years. They're still evil. Ultimately, the AMA blocked residencies through lobbying and now maintains the position through small expense of effort because the status quo is a strong position. Change needs justification and you only have to block at the point of change. Things are the way they are because they put in the effort at the crucial moment. And they certainly haven't undone their crimes. Just stopped being criminal. It's like a bank robber who stopped robbing banks and invested in the S&P500.

renewiltord 6y ago

1986, 1997, 2005, 2018. Not only is there a hysteresis effect here but the AMA didn't stop being evil villains in 1900. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22940320 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22940320 Doctors are protectionist evil people.

coolgeek 6y ago
Your 2018 link is the same opinion piece that I rejected in the comment I linked. Your 2005 link includes the following quotes: > Congress controls the supply of physicians by how much federal funding it provides for medical residencies — the graduate training required of all doctors. and > Even the American Medical Association (AMA), the influential lobbying group for physicians, has abandoned its long-standing position that an "oversupply exists or is immediately expected." That second quote precludes me from having to respond to the 1986 or 1995 links since my original comment said "no longer true"
- renewiltord 6y ago
  It's the usual hysteresis that results in what they did. The Nazis haven't gassed anyone in fifty years. They're still evil. Ultimately, the AMA blocked residencies through lobbying and now maintains the position through small expense of effort because the status quo is a strong position. Change needs justification and you only have to block at the point of change. Things are the way they are because they put in the effort at the crucial moment. And they certainly haven't undone their crimes. Just stopped being criminal. It's like a bank robber who stopped robbing banks and invested in the S&P500.