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It's a little more-complicated in that one of the major bottlenecks comes not from the private organizations per se, but from Congress--though I wouldn't want to underestimate the effect of lobbying.

> In the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Congress capped the number of residency positions that Medicare would fund at each teaching hospital at 1996 levels.

https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5550556-residency-cap...



Yes, and the AMA, along with other associations, supported the cap, issuing a statement that claimed "compelling evidence that the United States is on the verge of a serious oversupply of physicians."




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