Medicare at 50: Medical education funding faces physician shortage problems Posted on August 3, 2015 by henrykotula Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Graduate Medical Education, Medical Education Funding, Medicare, Physician, Physician Shortage Leave a comment http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/medicare-50-medical-education-funding-faces-physician-shortage-problems?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRohv6XBZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4JTcFnI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFQ7LHMbpszbgPUhM%3D In 2012, taxpayers contributed $15 billion to support residency training, with $9.7 billion coming from Medicare and $3.9 billion from Medicaid. Share this: Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Like Loading...