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Re:America’s aging population is leading to a doctor shortag... by cybersnowflake on Sunday September 08, 2019 @01:16AM (#20908750)
Yep, everybody and their mother that I went to school with aspired to become a doctor. There should be absolutely no shortage. Getting to more reasonable numbers doesn't seem like it would worsen the already abysmal quality we're getting now with sleepwalking insanely overworked physicians.
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Re:America’s aging population is leading to a doctor shortag... by TuringNYC on Sunday September 08, 2019 @03:02AM (#20909032)
>> Yep, everybody and their mother that I went to school with aspired to become a doctor. There should be absolutely no shortage.

There is a shortage...sort of...there is a very limited quota of Medical Resident spots opened up by various AMA medical boards (read: cartel.) There are a line of aspiring physicians, but they can only practice as board certified specialists if the boards open up seats, and there is a forced constrained supply (probably to increase wages for those inside the club.)

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