Reducing Residency Opportunities for Graduates of Foreign Medical Schools

The federal government has become increasingly concerned about the implications of a future physician surplus and disturbed by the revelation that American students have been purchasing fraudulent medical degrees from Caribbean schools. Because of these concerns and its continuing assault on domestic spending, the government is moving toward the adoption of policies that would sharply curtail residency-training opportunities in the United States for alien and American graduates of foreign medical schools. This federal policy thrust has gained momentum in recent months without any serious discussion about its implications for foreign policy or for service delivery in teaching hospitals that are . . .