What’s wrong with American medical schools?

In today’s Martin Center article, Jay Greene addresses that question. The big problem is that we are not graduating enough doctors.

America’s medical schools do not train enough doctors, creating a growing shortage of quality physicians. This shortage is widely recognized and lamented, but the cause of the problem is often misdiagnosed. Observers from all ends of the political spectrum blame Congress, which “capped” subsidies for medical residencies in 1997. In reality, there are simply not enough U.S. medical school graduates.

America’s medical schools........

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