Biggest fuck-up ever is that people have to pay to become doctors
Like unironically we should be subsidising at least 50% of their educations. What do you mean we have a shortage of doctors we should have surplus. What do you mean they’re being overworked they should be treated like royalty, they can fix human bodies
I don’t care if some of them are only doing it for the money. I don’t care if all of them are only doing it for the money. Intentions don’t matter to the stitches in my nana’s leg or the ten billion other lifesaving treatments we all get at a detriment to their finances and mental wellbeing. Entire cities are kept alive by just a couple thousand of them what are we DOINGGGGG
If we had more, maybe it would be easier to get the shitty ones fucking replaced. The board isn't going to do much to the only endocrinologist in the state who takes Medicaid, you know? But if there were more than, idk, maybe 5? Maybe then?
More importantly if you needed less money and less physical stamina to become a doctor, people with less money and less physical stamina could become doctors, which would increase diversity and improve patient care.
You know how you solve rural doctor shortages? Health Department builds a house attached (metaphorically) to the clinic. It's what, seven years to become a Doctor? "Contract to work in this rural community for seven years after you qualify, and we cover all your tuition. Pay's not as good as you'd get going private or working in the big city, but we'll throw in the house as long as you work at this clinic."
Ideally, by the time the contract is up, they've put down some roots and are quite happy not having rent or a mortgage.
And if not, that's what the next graduating class is for.
This does somewhat exist in some places in the United States. By brother lives in a middle of nowhere small town in a southern state because the medical system there agreed to pay for school and pay him ok in return for working a certain number of years. No provided house and we grew up in the area so he had connections already though. It worked out pretty well for him.
