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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Long story short.  They don't poor people are too poor and rich people are to lazy and stupid.  So look forward to our healthcare quality plummeting.  Maybe they should just start putting mcsonalds and arbys in hospitals so the food reflects rhe quality of care and the fact that America is an Idiocracy.[/quote]

This is partially true. Med school doesn't make financial sense for most people without parental assistance, especially in certain specialities like pediatrics.  Also, if AI reduces the number of doctors we need, we should as a national subsidize medical school, since at least basic health is a public good, so medicine isn't financially crippling for qualified applicants.  [/quote]
Even pediatrics work out. $200k is a lot of money, even after tax.

A subsidy, if it exists, should go towards unmet needs - e.g. tuition forgiveness for rural FM/IM/peds docs, for example, or med school application/MCAT fees for pell eligible students (maybe make medschool application waivers also conditional on a minimum MCAT score so people don't YOLO everywhere with a 490).
Making medical school cheap for everyone will mean taxpayer dollars being given to future LA/NYC/etc plastic surgeons and dermatologists.[/quote]

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