Re:YC Research: Universal Healthcare
by chimeracoder on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @05:59PM
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> Blaming the AMA is a dated view. I believe that used to be the case, but certainly isn't any longer
It's both dated and wrong. The AAMC, not the AMA, formerly capped the number of medical students in the country. But over ten years ago, they decided to lift the cap.
As you said, though, the residency slots are the bottleneck, so exactly what has happened is that we now have even more people graduating with debt from medical school who are unable to train in residency and eventually practice medicine.
Residency funding is subsidized by Medicare, so they're the ones who have the power to expand GME, if they want to.
It's both dated and wrong. The AAMC, not the AMA, formerly capped the number of medical students in the country. But over ten years ago, they decided to lift the cap.
As you said, though, the residency slots are the bottleneck, so exactly what has happened is that we now have even more people graduating with debt from medical school who are unable to train in residency and eventually practice medicine.
Residency funding is subsidized by Medicare, so they're the ones who have the power to expand GME, if they want to.