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You can have a regime that regulates who can practice medicine and law without having it run through private organizations that function like a cartel.
by ElProlactin 2mo ago
You can have a regime that regulates who can practice medicine and law without having it run through private organizations that function like a cartel.
- Terr_ 2mo agoIt's a little more-complicated in that one of the major bottlenecks comes not from the private organizations per se, but from Congress--though I wouldn't want to underestimate the effect of lobbying. > In the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Congress capped the number of residency positions that Medicare would fund at each teaching hospital at 1996 levels. https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5550556-residency-cap-doctor-shortage/ https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5550556-residency-cap...
- ElProlactin 2mo agoYes, and the AMA, along with other associations, supported the cap, issuing a statement that claimed "compelling evidence that the United States is on the verge of a serious oversupply of physicians."