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The AMA is literally lobbying Congress to expand residency program funding, and even putting their own money into it. Did you even read the article?


Yes - they're lobbying now to reverse caps they themselves[1] helped put into place, and like I said, have also limited primary care availability by lobbying against the ability of NPs and PAs to provided basic medical care. It's a complete bunch of talk until they get change done.

By the way, that expansion of 15000 residency positions barely puts a dent in the number of doctors we are lacking[2]. But yeah, a press release from 3 years ago really absolves them of guilt for sure.

[1]: http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9708/24/doctor.glut/ [2]: https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/04/13/were-short-on-healt....




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