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The AMA doesn’t control med schools at all. What they do is lobby the government to not increase subsidies for residencies. Without more subsidies new residenci
by colinmhayes 4y ago
The AMA doesn’t control med schools at all. What they do is lobby the government to not increase subsidies for residencies. Without more subsidies new residencies don’t open, and since every med school grad needs to do it to become a doctor med schools can’t open more slots until the number of residencies increases.
- nradov 4y agoThat is partially misinformation. The AMA lobbies Congress to increase funding for residencies. https://savegme.org/ https://savegme.org/
- theGnuMe 4y agoIt's great how they get to blame Congress... instead hospitals and academic institutions could just you know fund residencies themselves. It's not like they can't afford it.
- nradov 4y agoTeaching hospitals are mostly non-profit, often tied to universities or public health systems. They have limited funds. Some do put in a little of their own funding for graduate medical education, but realistically you're not going to squeeze much more out of them. If you don't believe me then download their financial reports and look where their money is going.