Relevant Reads, Interesting Interviews & DwJ in the Press

Want to learn more about this issue? We have compiled articles, commentaries and interviews on crippling medical school debt, unmatched MDs, the alleged physician shortage America faces and other relevant information. Also included below are some of our opinion pieces that have run in newspapers across the country.

Unmatched Physicians’ Futures a Focus at the AMA Meeting
15 June 2022, MedPage Today
Delegates debate allowing unmatched doctors to work in underserved areas with licensed physician supervision.

The U.S. Continues to Fail our Future Doctors
1 April 2022, Fremont Tribune
More than 40,000 foreign doctors have been given taxpayer-funded residencies in the last 10 years.

The U.S. Continues to Fail our Future Doctors
1 April 2022, The Greeneville Sun
For thousands of this year’s medical school graduates, March means the exciting culmination of eight years of higher education – undergraduate training and medical school – and the next step in the medical profession: residency training.

The U.S. Continues to Fail our Future Doctors
1 April 2022, The Columbus Telegram
For thousands of doctors, the month of March means rejection, doubt and questioning the way forward.

The U.S. Continues to Fail our Future Doctors
31 March 2022, Casper Star Tribune
More than 7,000 doctors who are U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents still don’t have residencies.

Why Well-Qualified Medical School Graduates Can’t Get Jobs – Despite Doctor Shortages
25 March 2022, Vox
The U.S. is fighting a modern pandemic with a 1990s-sized workforce.

NRMP Delivers a Strong Match to Thousands of Residency Applicants and Programs
18 March 2022, NRMP (press release)
The 2022 Main Residency Match included 39,205 total positions, the largest number on record. Of those, 36,277 were first-year (PGY-1) positions, also the largest on record and a 3.1 percentage point increase over last year.

Match Rates Climb, Positions Rise in 2022 Cycle
18 March 2022, MedPage Today
DO senior applicants see record-high match rate, on par with MD graduates.

Medical Students Take to Social Media
17 March 2022, MedPage Today
Some unmatched doctors credit the support of people on social media for helping them navigate a challenging time.

What’s in a Number? Breaking Down the Residency Match Rate
16 March 2022, The New England Journal of Medicine
Focusing on the high residency match rate for certain applicants may obscure data that could better capture the current state of the residency-selection process, set realistic expectations for applicants, and highlight areas for reform.

Betraying America: Foreigners Displace 7,000 U.S. Doctors Yearly with TAXPAYER-FUNDED Residencies
17 February 2022, The New American
Kevin Lynn of Doctors without Jobs testifies at the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship that the U.S. physician shortage is “of our own making.”

Do We Really Need Foreign Doctors to Solve the Physician Shortage?
16 February 2022, ImmigrationReform.com
There’s a doctor shortage and a problem with providing healthcare in rural areas, but importing doctors from abroad may not be the solution in a complex situation which includes several thousand U.S. doctors who haven’t been deployed in the workforce.

Are There Too Many Foreign-Born Docs in the U.S.?
16 February 2022, MedPage Today
Lawmakers are divided on the question at House hearing.

House Members Debate Role of Immigrant Physicians in Easing Health Care Shortages
16 February 2022, The Well
The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship discusses the role of immigrant physicians in the U.S. health care system.

Bombshell Testimony: 7,000 U.S. Doctors Sidelined Every Year by Foreigners Winning Taxpayer-Funded Residencies
15 February 2022, Breitbart
Every year, more than 7,000 American citizens and green card-holders lose out on United States taxpayer-funded residencies to foreign nationals despite having earned their degrees as medical graduate physicians.

Arizona Considers Welcome Mat for International Doctors
8 February 2022, Inside Sources
Arizona bill wants to import foreign doctors, skip medical residency requirements.

Canceling Student Loan Debt
2 February 2022, Rad Futures, Episode 5
Kevin Lynn, founder of Doctors without Jobs, talks with Rad Futures about student loan debt for medical school graduates and other issues facing unmatched doctors.

Healthcare Executives Import 1,000 Nurses a Month for American Jobs
25 January 2022, Breitbart
U.S. hospitals and staffing companies are extracting roughly 1,000 nurses each month from poor countries instead of recruiting and training Americans for the nursing jobs.

To Address Doctor Shortage, U.S. to Pay for 1,000 New Residencies
17 December 2021, Forbes
Under a rule implemented by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 1,000 new Medicare-funded physician residency slots will be distributed to qualifying hospitals.

Give U.S. Citizens Preference for Medical Residencies
27 October 2021, Montgomery Advertiser
The U.S. is training foreign physicians at taxpayers’ expense as our physician shortage grows worse.

Unmatched Doctors Crisis Is Unabated, and Solutions Are Needed Now
12 June 2021, Noozhawk
The need for more residencies is very real, as is the need to prioritize U.S. citizen doctors.

AAMC Report Reinforces Mounting Physician Shortage
11 June 2021, AAMC
The United States could see an estimated shortage of between 37,800 and 124,000 physicians by 2034, including shortfalls in both primary and specialty care.

The Residency Match is Broken
3 April 2021, Science-Based Medicine
The program to align med school applicants with their preferred residency program is broken and filled with disincentives.

Remembering the Unmatched: A Look at the 2021 NRMP Residency Match
20 March 2021, MidlevelWTF
This year’s Match again leaves several thousand medical students, soon to be graduating as newly minted physicians, unmatched, left with nothing in the way of job prospects and no pathway toward becoming a board-eligible/board-certified attending physicians.

Senate Reintroduces Bill Addressing Residency Physician Shortage
19 March 2021, Hanys
This bipartisan legislation would supplement the investments in Graduate Medical Education made last year by further increasing the number of Medicare-supported residency slots in teaching hospitals by 14,000 over seven years.