Medicare funding drives GME availability, but that is only because it represents the lion's share of the funding for it. Universities in Florida and Texas[1], t

Medicare funding drives GME availability, but that is only because it represents the lion's share of the funding for it. Universities in Florida and Texas[1], the two states with the biggest shortfalls in residency slots, are taking steps to address this by finding other sources of funding or creating partnerships with non-academic hospitals to have med students do their residencies there. I may be mistaken, but I don't think the federal government even has the power to restrict the number of residency slots. [1] http://www.medpagetoday.com/PublicHealthPolicy/MedicalEducation/42786 http://www.medpagetoday.com/PublicHealthPolicy/MedicalEducat...