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> Strong disagree: they’re the main entity responsible for limiting the available quantity of doctors/medical practitioners available, People (especially conse
by watwut 3mo ago
> Strong disagree: they’re the main entity responsible for limiting the available quantity of doctors/medical practitioners available,
People (especially conservatives) repeat this, but AMA was lobbying for more residencies for years and conservative party was always against.
- DANmode 3mo agoYou seem to have this backwards. The AMA’s public-facing stance seems to be shifting since the 90s and 00s where they obviously wanted limits. They’re on paper as supporting expansions on 2021 and 2023. Decades are long.
- myroon5 2mo ago> AMA was lobbying for more residencies for years The AMA lobbies for more _subsidized_ residencies while downplaying that unsubsidized residencies also exist and could expand without waiting on more taxpayer funding