Reform of the graduate medical education funding model is badly needed. In the short term, expansion of residency slots could alleviate the artificial shortage of residency slots brought about by current government policy. In the long term, policymakers should more fundamentally rethink the need for federal funding in graduate medical education.

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"Health equity" has become a mantra in health policy and public health circles. In journal articles and conference talks, the concept is ubiquitous and agreement with it is practically taken for granted. But what does health equity mean as a goal, and what policies and actions are supposed to be in or out of bounds in service of that goal?

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