"Doctors, while generally nice people, also run an evil cartel that kills lots of people.
Coronavirus is a good time to remind everyone of this.
As an example, there are 5,000 qualified foreign doctors (including US tests passed), that are driving cabs right now simply because existing doctors would rather make more money!
In the US, doctors themselves (via the AMA), choose the exact number of new doctors each year.
That's right. There is no general or open process to become a doctor. Instead, all the doctors get together and say, "this year let's let in 5,000 new doctors". And then that's it. Only that many can become doctors.
Imagine if we let taxi drivers pick the number of cabs, or bakers pick the number of bakers!"
-- Jeremy Kaufman
Coronavirus is a good time to remind everyone of this.
As an example, there are 5,000 qualified foreign doctors (including US tests passed), that are driving cabs right now simply because existing doctors would rather make more money!
In the US, doctors themselves (via the AMA), choose the exact number of new doctors each year.
That's right. There is no general or open process to become a doctor. Instead, all the doctors get together and say, "this year let's let in 5,000 new doctors". And then that's it. Only that many can become doctors.
Imagine if we let taxi drivers pick the number of cabs, or bakers pick the number of bakers!"
-- Jeremy Kaufman