> That it may be an AMA talking point doesn't make it wrong
When an organization with a clear history of a specific agenda has a talking point, it is good to take the context of their agenda into account. I would point out that this particular agenda is one that has been largely achieved, which is why doctors in the USA make so much more than any other country and part of why our healthcare costs are so much higher.
In this case, we have a problem that the AMA deliberately worked to create for 20 years. Now that their "oversupply of doctors" myth is no longer remotely tenable, the AMA argues that the ONLY way to solve the supply problem they created is a solution that takes 10+ years to take effect.
We absolutely need to increase the number of doctors we have, but we also need to look at other ways we can safely increase patient access and decrease patient costs while we wait for new doctors to be trained.
The problem with increasing the supply of physicians it takes 10+ years for policy changes to have effects.
When an organization with a clear history of a specific agenda has a talking point, it is good to take the context of their agenda into account. I would point out that this particular agenda is one that has been largely achieved, which is why doctors in the USA make so much more than any other country and part of why our healthcare costs are so much higher.
In this case, we have a problem that the AMA deliberately worked to create for 20 years. Now that their "oversupply of doctors" myth is no longer remotely tenable, the AMA argues that the ONLY way to solve the supply problem they created is a solution that takes 10+ years to take effect.
We absolutely need to increase the number of doctors we have, but we also need to look at other ways we can safely increase patient access and decrease patient costs while we wait for new doctors to be trained.
The problem with increasing the supply of physicians it takes 10+ years for policy changes to have effects.