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Re:Study Suggests Medical Errors Now Third Leading Cause of ... by nradov on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @09:31AM (#31667053)
Please stop spreading misinformation. The AMA doesn't limit residency slots. They have been actively lobbying Congress to increase residency slots, and have even put their own money into it.

https://www.ama-assn.org/education/accelerating-change-medic...

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Re:Study Suggests Medical Errors Now Third Leading Cause of ... by willcipriano on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @12:25PM (#31669752)
> Launched in June 2019

They were actively lobbying to reduce residency slots as late as 2012. They only started the program you linked to when became common knowledge that they were attempting to limit the number of doctors.

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Re:Study Suggests Medical Errors Now Third Leading Cause of ... by EvanAnderson on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @01:37PM (#31671072)
The AMA (and other medical trade groups) lobbied to limit residency slots back in the 90s. We're still feeling the effects of that in the market today.

Rather than copy / paste a comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30108269

Edit: Funny enough I was replying to you back then too. Small world.

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