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Previous Volume 334:1679-1684 June 20, 1996 Number 25

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Professional and political concern about the increasing numbers of graduates of foreign medical schools entering U.S. residency programs has re-emerged during the past year. Previous attempts to limit the number of such graduates who fill residency positions have been thwarted by a practical but serious problem: who will care for the millions of people, many of whom are poor, in inner cities and rural communities, if the institutions serving these areas are unable to recruit foreign-trained physicians for the residencies and staff practices that are generally shunned by graduates of American medical schools? In this report, I will discuss the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Medicare and Graduate Medical Education

Attempts to Reduce Medicare Support

The Political Arena

Ways and Means Subcommittee Hearing

New York's Reliance on Graduates of Foreign Medical Schools

Seeking Substitute Providers

Conclusions

References

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