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Re:The Moratorium on US Medical School Enrollment from 1980 ... by darth_avocado on Friday December 30, 2022 @05:30PM (#34190867)
Is there another reason why having a surplus of doctors a problem?
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Re:The Moratorium on US Medical School Enrollment from 1980 ... by mbg721 on Friday December 30, 2022 @05:31PM (#34190879)
Isn't "the existing doctors would be displeased" reason enough?
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Re:The Moratorium on US Medical School Enrollment from 1980 ... by avmich on Friday December 30, 2022 @05:39PM (#34190964)
Why doctors would be displeased? They could offload some ungodly load to their peers, while enjoying less desperate patients. BTW patients significantly outnumber doctors, and they would probably be pleased, no?

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Re:The Moratorium on US Medical School Enrollment from 1980 ... by orhmeh09 on Friday December 30, 2022 @05:35PM (#34190927)
No?
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Re:The Moratorium on US Medical School Enrollment from 1980 ... by mbg721 on Friday December 30, 2022 @05:39PM (#34190963)
Well, that's pretty much what the current protectionism is doing.
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Re:The Moratorium on US Medical School Enrollment from 1980 ... by orhmeh09 on Friday December 30, 2022 @05:58PM (#34191131)
That’s unfortunately true. “The purpose of a system is what it does.”
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Re:The Moratorium on US Medical School Enrollment from 1980 ... by wolverine876 on Friday December 30, 2022 @07:28PM (#34191862)
There are many possible reasons. Do you want to seriously explore them?
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