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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Reducing the amount of time it takes to complete a degree will get graduates into the profession faster and increase the number of years they practice. Which should increase capacity. It will also reduce their debt load.
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On an individual basis that's true (ie, someone maybe becomes a Dr by 23 instead of 26 or whatever) but on a societal level making the program shorter doesn't open up any more seats.
If a 100 seat med school started taking all people with 2 years of undergrad instead of 4 they will still graduate 100 new doctors per year. They'll be a bit younger (and so maybe there's a benefit in 35 years when they practice a bit longer) but this year you still get the 100 doctors you've paid for.