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0 pointsresource_waste1y ago0 comments

>If you were to make a Venn diagram of amoral and illegal (including civil malfeasance) have a pretty large overlap.

What is moral about the American Medical Association using Taxes to fund their artificially scarce residency programs which causes consumer prices to go up?

Okay, so that one falls outside the venn diagram.

With lobbyists writing the laws, I'm really wondering if there is as much overlap as you think.

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throwaway42201y ago

I keep hearing this idea of artificially restricting residencies like some sort of opec cartel. The fact is no one wants to do primary care there are easy residency spots for family med, peds, internnal med and psych all across the country. 94% of residency spots filled in the country last year (nrmp)

But then again I am a decade out of all that stress of matching so I’m over it.

resource_wasteOP1y ago

>I keep hearing this idea of artificially restricting residencies like some sort of opec cartel.

Yes this is real. Look up the ACGME.

Physician wages are non-market and artificial due to limited supply.

If we can import Physicians from other countries, I'll ease up a bit. But the reality is that Physicians are collectively doing immoral things.

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