Thread by @DKThomp

I wrote about why America makes it so hard to become a doctor

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The U.S. has the world's most expensive medical school education and a deliberate policy to constrict residency spots. No wonder we have fewer physicians/capita than every country in Europe.

A conspiracy to limit the number of primary care physicians in America, maximize their debt, and raise prices for consumers would look practically identical to existing U.S. medical education policy.

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America has one of the longest and most expensive medical education programs in the OECD.

We have fewer primary care physicians per capita than just about every country in Europe.

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