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To the Editor: Rivo and Kindig (April 4 issue)¹ provide a report card on the physician work force in the United States. Evidently, the residency programs in certain urban areas do not have the educational quality to attract the best residents, perhaps because they are used primarily for service. If the federal government, through Medicare and Medicaid, is indeed subsidizing residency positions at $70,000 per year per resident, the redirection of this money should permit the hiring of full-time, salaried, licensed doctors to meet the service needs.

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