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Maybe it wouldn't fix everything but I'd like to see a great increase on the cap of the number of medical residencies supported by the government. The AMA and doctors in general shouldn't be artificially limiting the number of doctors.

I'd like to see the other usual suspects addressed too but it seems like the doctor shortage is a big part of the problem.

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Do you think if there are more doctors, they are going to be more willing to provide free services? I don't - doctors want to get paid for their services - insurance companies (in general) don't pay for doctors to respond to emails - having more doctors doesn't solve this problem.

Not saying we don't need more doctors, but seems unrelated to to the problem being discussed.

If there are more doctors they won't need to choose between working unpaid overtime or charging an overtime rate. Patient workloads could be adjusted that doctors could respond to messages during their regular work hours.

i agree this is a big problem. but as long as you have 10+ admins for every doctor , costs will be through the roof.

This is one of the major issues underlying the perversity of US healthcare. That and high-level executive churn incentivizing "innovative" initiatives and policy changes just so the executive makes their mark and leaves for the next rung elsewhere.

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