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Yes - but they start accumulating wealth in their early 20s. That gives them at 10+ year head start on the average physician who finishes paying off their debts at ~35.

Software engineers aren't $200k+ in debt at 32 either.

If you are an average salaried software engineer, you can accumulate more wealth than a doctor if you invest at recommended rates. The break even point is somewhere around 60-65 years of age.

Yes some drop out and residency positions go unfilled, but please see Figure 1!

http://www.nrmp.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Main-Match-Re...

Residents have a limited ability to choose where they attend residency.

The following shows the percentage of residency positions filled by speciality: http://www.nrmp.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Main-Match-Re...

Reminds me of how software engineers just regurgitate what stack overflow says.

Additional residency spots are funded by other grants. The number of residency spots has increased, just not through medicare funding.

More students are accepted to medical school than there are residency spots available.

See "Figure 1" http://www.nrmp.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Main-Match-Re...

>>> "Also a 1200 person study isn't really enough to draw any major conclusions from."

You can draw strong conclusions off of a smaller sample size.

This study is not conclusive, and the sensationalized headlines aren't helping.

It's a self-fulfilling prophecy study

My speculation is this is a way to make cuts without firing anyone

please lmk if you find it

The doodle Trump should be updated w/ gold colored drapes.

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Sources for each bullet point would be nice