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This failure is 100% on the government. Regulators should expect the guild to act in their own interests. Ultimately, it's the government that makes it difficu

This failure is 100% on the government. Regulators should expect the guild to act in their own interests. Ultimately, it's the government that makes it difficult to practice medicine without the correct credentials, for more or less good reason, which means that the government better make damn sure they don't screw it up. It's probably not particularly possible to force one of the private entities to do anything. It should be plenty possible to empower an additional private entity (or substitute a public one).

dsfyu404ed 4y ago
The failure is on the people who don't harass their politicians and make noise when the politicians cave to the guilds' lobby. Seriously, try arguing against time consuming and expensive professional license requirements, let alone for relaxation of current requirements around here and see where it gets you. Your comments will be unwelcome if applied to any trade other than software. People very much buy into the various trade organization's marketing.
giantg2 4y ago
Wouldn't the government failure be on the thing they fail to mention - funding for residencies?
- maxerickson 4y ago
  Manufacturers don't rely on the government to train engineers. It's probably reasonable that the government is involved in funding the training of doctors (it's a huge payor), but it's certainly not the only potential mechanism.
  - giantg2 4y ago
    "potential" It seems to be the primary mechanism currently. They've failed to significantly increase this funding and have earmarked a percentage of slots for foreign students.
    - maxerickson 4y ago
      Does that make it a good thing that we should double down on? The VA is also a big funder of residencies.
      - giantg2 4y ago
        No, but we're discussing the governement failure - current tense. I was merely pointing out that government funding of residence slots should be considered the primary failure, not regulation.

dsfyu404ed 4y ago

The failure is on the people who don't harass their politicians and make noise when the politicians cave to the guilds' lobby. Seriously, try arguing against time consuming and expensive professional license requirements, let alone for relaxation of current requirements around here and see where it gets you. Your comments will be unwelcome if applied to any trade other than software. People very much buy into the various trade organization's marketing.

giantg2 4y ago

Wouldn't the government failure be on the thing they fail to mention - funding for residencies?

maxerickson 4y ago
Manufacturers don't rely on the government to train engineers. It's probably reasonable that the government is involved in funding the training of doctors (it's a huge payor), but it's certainly not the only potential mechanism.
- giantg2 4y ago
  "potential" It seems to be the primary mechanism currently. They've failed to significantly increase this funding and have earmarked a percentage of slots for foreign students.
  - maxerickson 4y ago
    Does that make it a good thing that we should double down on? The VA is also a big funder of residencies.
    - giantg2 4y ago
      No, but we're discussing the governement failure - current tense. I was merely pointing out that government funding of residence slots should be considered the primary failure, not regulation.