Topic: Physician Debt

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super-mutation
Episode 1382 36:02 - 39:45

1382: super-mutation

Medical Profession Grievances, Physician Debt and Training

Medical professionals are expressing frustration over the evolving economics of healthcare, where physicians often graduate with $250,000 in debt and earn less than specialized unionized nurses when factoring in years of training. The traditional Hippocratic Oath has been truncated at institutions like Johns Hopkins to remove references to free education. The system is described as increasingly reliant on imported labor from countries like India.