Residents are still doing work. The notion that they should be federally-funded, rather than just getting paid for doing that work directly through the proceeds

Residents are still doing work. The notion that they should be federally-funded, rather than just getting paid for doing that work directly through the proceeds of whatever patients get charged for that work, seems dubious to me. I'd also be skeptical of a claim that available slots are more of a limiter compared to the fact that propective physicians are looking at 4 years of post-graduate education followed by 3-9 years of working 100 hour weeks for $30-40k a year before they can get licensed. I once considered becoming a doctor when I was still a teen, and I'm quite confident I could have gotten into medical school and qualified for a residency somewhere, but it was the decade of hazing while being paid like a ranch hand that dissuaded me.