Every year I hear about qualified premeds not getting into med school because there are so few spots. Why are qualified people being turned away if there’s a worsening doctor shortage in the US?
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As others have said, CMS is the limiting factor. Restricted residency slots means no medical school wants to over expand it’s class size and risk students graduating without matching into residency i.e. having an MD but never being able to practice medicine.
Expanding resdiency slots requires a literal act of congress. 1000 or so were added last year which was the first expansion in a while.
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