Thanks for adding your views, this is useful. On the AAMC site, there's also a piece called "GME Funding and Its Role in Addressing the Physician Shortage" that talks about the point you rightly make about pushing for more residency slots. It's here: https://news.aamc.org/for-the-media/article/gme-funding-doct....

On the residency point, it adds:

"As part of the multi-pronged approach to alleviating the doctor shortage we also need additional federal support to produce about 3,750 more doctors a year by lifting the cap on federally funded residency training positions. Teaching hospitals are operating 10,000 residency positions without Medicare support, but cuts to Medicare and other clinical reimbursements jeopardize the ability of teaching hospitals to cross-subsidize with clinical revenue these positions.

The AAMC strongly supports bipartisan GME legislation introduced in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019 (H.R. 1763, S. 348), which takes an important step towards alleviating the physician shortage by gradually providing 15,000 Medicare-supported GME residency positions over a five-year period. However, legislation alone will not relieve the doctor shortage.

In addition, the AAMC supports non-GME incentives and programs, including Conrad 30, the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) and Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF), and Title VII/VIII, which are used to recruit a diverse workforce and encourage physicians to practice in shortage specialties and underserved communities."