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...Geiger, a former newspaperman now taking post-graduate work in preventive medicine and the social sciences, urged the public to take a firm stand for federal legislation to aid in construction of new medical schools and improvement of existing facilities...
...Geiger noted that the Association of American Medical Colleges, the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and at least some Senators and Congressmen are privately agreed that federal help is the only solution to the doctor shortage. The American Medical Association, however, has opposed several proposals in Congress for direct federal aid to the medical schools as an "entering wedge for socialized medicine...
Severely criticizing the A.M.A.'s attitude, Geiger pointed out that the bills included' "elaborate protection against federal policy dictation." He disagreed with the "generally unsubstantiated assertions that private philanthropy, industrial contributions and physicians' own efforts...
Calling the problem a "social issue," Geiger cited a shortage of both teachers and applicants as part of the difficulty in expanding the medical schools...
American medical schools last year graduated only a little over half the number of physicians needed to fill the number of internship positions open on U.S. hospital staffs, Geiger noted...