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priam

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    Comment #15757841

    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.

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    Comment #15757816

    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 r…

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    Comment #15757610

    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...

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    Comment #15757544

    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-conte…

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    Comment #15757461

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

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    Comment #15757345

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

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    Comment #15757331

    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...

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    Comment #14981617

    >>> "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, a…

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    Comment #14981594

    It's a self-fulfilling prophecy study

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    Comment #14981395

    PDF: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2047487317723212 "95% confidence interval: 1.20–9.79"

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    Comment #14981394

    http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2047487317723212

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    Comment #14367708

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

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    Comment #13508430

    please lmk if you find it

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    Comment #13463405

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

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    Comment #13463182

    Sources for each bullet point would be nice