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The darker side of being a doctor

282 points · 342 comments · Danhale93

  1. estearum · · focus · HN ↗
    (speaking from US): The reality is we need more doctors. A lot more.

    There's no solution other than training a lot, lot, lot, lot more doctors.

    Their salaries need to be lower, training needs to be cheaper and faster, and we need a lot more of them.

    1. ossicones · · focus · HN ↗
      The American Medical Association would sooner let the whole thing burn than allow that to happen
      1. askari01 · · focus · HN ↗
        sooner or later whole world(west) is going to hire more doc at lower(not as high as it is right now) salary from East(asia). they might lower the barrier to entry. same would happen in medicine the causes are inflation, economic conditions and poor health system.
        1. dh2022 · · focus · HN ↗
          I think the system will burn down before AMA would allow any US States to import a massive amount of doctors from anywhere in the world. Which maybe is better for the rest of the world - they get to keep their doctors.
          1. nradov · · focus · HN ↗
            Several US states have already changed licensing rules to make it easier for foreign medical graduates and internationally trained physicians to practice medicine here. The system hasn't burned down yet.

            <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.fsmb.org&#x2F;siteassets&#x2F;advocacy&#x2F;policies&#x2F;states-with-enacted-and-proposed-additional-img-licensure-pathways-key-issue-chart.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.fsmb.org&#x2F;siteassets&#x2F;advocacy&#x2F;policies&#x2F;states-wit...

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