U.S. Gov't purse strings may be tightening on GME programs
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(image: arstechnica) The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services fund graduate medical education (GME) in the U.S. through payroll taxes -- to the tune of $9.5 billion per year. Only a portion of that actually goes to paying house staff salaries, though. The rest, academic medical centers have traditionally been free to spend more or less as they wish -- with
U.S. Gov't purse strings may be tightening on GME programs
U.S. Gov't purse strings may be tightening on…
U.S. Gov't purse strings may be tightening on GME programs
(image: arstechnica) The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services fund graduate medical education (GME) in the U.S. through payroll taxes -- to the tune of $9.5 billion per year. Only a portion of that actually goes to paying house staff salaries, though. The rest, academic medical centers have traditionally been free to spend more or less as they wish -- with