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Re:Doctors are turning to YouTube to fill in gaps in their t... by jmcqk6 on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @10:17AM (#21692960)
>Putting gates around something as basic as medicine has only resulted in the price going up.

Citation required. This is pure bullshit. Those gates aren't there just because someone said 'hey there should be a gate there.' Those gates are there to solve problems, and while they also create their own problems, that doesn't change the fact that the underlying problems are still there.

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Re:Doctors are turning to YouTube to fill in gaps in their t... by wolco on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @02:22PM (#21695657)
Limiting the supply of doctors by limiting enrolment is an example of a gate the increases prices.

Those gates were put in place to solve a problem but in time gets abused.

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Re:Doctors are turning to YouTube to fill in gaps in their t... by jmcqk6 on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @02:43PM (#21695895)
>Limiting the supply of doctors by limiting enrolment is an example of a gate the increases prices.

It also has an effects on quality of instruction. Limiting the number of students tends to increase the quality of instruction, something I believe is extremely important in medicine.

I'm not saying that there are abuses. But you made the claim that the only effect it has is to raise prices, and that is completely wrong.

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