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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are not enough doctors in the country. The AMA has done everything it can to keep the profession small and exclusive. And Congress hasn’t helped by keeping residency slots capped since 1997. And now, they have doubled the undergraduate prerequisites that must be taken and they have doubled the material on the MCAT. It should be rigorous, challenging and competitive, but this is ridiculous. Over half of qualified applicants can’t get in, despite the huge shortage.[/quote]

I had no idea about this.  I consider myself well-informed, but honestly never really knew this. [/quote]

Lawyers are jealous about this.

Graduating from med school is a ticket to a great job, because the AMA and AAMC have kept the supply of American doctors relatively static.  They’ve accredited a few new primary care med schools, and doctors from abroad come here to serve smaller regions as primary care docs.

The ABA is dumb for not doing this for law schools.  Now 50% of lawyers graduate with more debt than they can realistically pay off for decades.  Private equity firms run law schools to siphon off tuition from low-qualified law students.  Not true for doctors, who still control their profession.

Shorter: there are no Caribbean law schools designed to train Americans.  Ever wonder why?[/quote]
So everyone has to suffer due to the shortage of doctors so that doctors can be assured higher salaries? Way to go AMA!  :roll: [/quote]

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