Given the low resident pay, long line of graduates wanting a residency match, absurdly high Billings generated by residents, and AMA Boards supposedly willing (ahem) to train residents — I’d think this would be a solved problem.
It isn’t a solved problem because not all above is the case. The catch is that Boards will not train more than a few people in order to limit supply and keep wages up
Excuses like “oh the government won’t pay the resident” are shallow excuses — these are highly profitable (for the hospital) positions, not volunteer positions. They are self financing assuming the barriers to spots are removed.
It isn’t a solved problem because not all above is the case. The catch is that Boards will not train more than a few people in order to limit supply and keep wages up
Excuses like “oh the government won’t pay the resident” are shallow excuses — these are highly profitable (for the hospital) positions, not volunteer positions. They are self financing assuming the barriers to spots are removed.