• @MothmanDelorian
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    16 hours ago

    How does a voluntary private membership organization that owns or controls no medical schools, has no legal authority, and isn’t lobbying anyone for this purpose controlling the number of doctors in the USA?

    I get that was a common bs claim on reddit but did you ever look into whether it makes any sense?

    • sunzu2
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      14 hours ago

      Ever heard of AIPAC or a generic trade group lobby before?

      • @MothmanDelorian
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        12 hours ago

        Yes, and I know what the AMA does and limiting the number of doctors is nowhere on the list of stuff they do.

        • sunzu2
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          12 hours ago

          Well that’s a you being poorly educated problem dear…

          The American Medical Association (AMA) bears substantial responsibility for the policies that led to physician shortages. Twenty years ago, the AMA lobbied for reducing the number of medical schools, capping federal funding for residencies, and cutting a quarter of all residency positions. Promoting these policies was a mistake, but an understandable one: the AMA believed an influential report that warned of an impending physician surplus.

          https://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2022/03/15/ama-scope-of-practice-lobbying/

          They just “lobby” no big deal

          Quacks as a group are class traitors. And the good ones get fucked by their stupid system so only parasites are permitted to rise to the top.

          https://www.openhealthpolicy.com/p/medical-residency-slots-congress