This really looks like crocodile tears, given that the constraint on the number of residency program slots is exactly what the AMA asked for. [1] To put it anot

This really looks like crocodile tears, given that the constraint on the number of residency program slots is exactly what the AMA asked for. [1] To put it another way, "Don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining." The AMA doesn't do anything so gauche as directly controlling things, but it is absolutely the power behind the throne. > Lawmakers received cover from the American Medical Association (AMA), the Association of American Medical Colleges, and other major stakeholders in American medicine who endorsed caps on funding for residents and other graduate medical education programs. In March 1997, months before the Balanced Budget Act was enacted, the AMA even suggested reducing the number of US residency positions by approximately 25% from 25,000 to fewer than 19,000. [1] https://qz.com/1676207/the-us-is-on-the-verge-of-a-devastating-doctor-shortage https://qz.com/1676207/the-us-is-on-the-verge-of-a-devastati...