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As Jim said, it is very complicated and anyone who tells you they know how to fix it is crazy. There are some obvious areas (high RX costs, tort reform, unneeded tests, etc.) but how about lowering the cost of medical school? Anyone think of that? I never thought of that until someone mentioned it recently. We need more primary care Drs. But b/c PCPs earn so much less and they leave med. school w/so much debt, most medical school grads specialize b/c they can earn more $. Maybe a 2 tier system, subsidize the cost of a PCP educ. but if you want to spec., your last year or 2??? cost you much, much more. There is prob. a 1,000 things most of haven't heard of that that would need to change to really lower the cost.
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