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Stop the Insanity of Massive Overexpansions of Health Workforce

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We should send a clear message to the "experts" and the media and associations and health professional training institutions: Please stop the insanity of doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result.  New innovative types of workforce have failed to resolve workforce deficits despite massive expansions More new types and more expansions have failed. More new types and more expansions are proposed. It is the financial foundation of the system that is broken. No training intervention is more powerful than the financial design which prevents shortages from being addressed. It Is Not the Initials or the Expansion, It is the Financial Design It is not about who is a better health professional or the type of training. Expansions are not the solution for any domination or perceived domination of health care. Texas has another new medical school planned but a family physician dean will not be able to keep the promise of more doctors where nee...