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qserayesterday at 1:12 PM2 repliesview on HN

>When we should let doctors from overseas immigrate and easily become practicing doctors here in the US.

Lol, what does this has to do with anything regarding aptitude or curiosity!?


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Dylan16807yesterday at 7:21 PM

If we reduce the artificial shortage of doctors then the number of people entering the field specifically to make big money goes down.

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Omniusaspireryesterday at 1:52 PM

To the parent posters credit, he's very honest that he developed a personal complex against doctors when he was a poor student. He just sees it as a way to lash out at American doctors, the irony being that foreign medical graduates leaving their families and communities to practice in America largely do so because they are exceptionally money motivated. That doesn't make them bad doctors, but there's certainly less likelihood they're doing it purely for the love of medicine or a desire to care for their communities.

I do agree with the sentiment though that the US needs to fund more residency slots as it's an asinine professional barrier, and that we would benefit from more physicians coming from more diverse financial backgrounds.

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