My life experience showed me that allowing more people in lead to less capable people in. Less capable students graduate as worse doctors. And doctors who came from more wealthy families usually do much better, regardless of their prowess. I won't go into details, it is unnecessary.
The end result is that the health practice degrades overall, and social inequality strenghtens. I think nobody is happy with the former reason.
The standards have gone up considerably compared to 20 years ago. I'd say return to the standards of 20-40 years ago at similar admission rates , remove leetcoding equivalents such as volunteering in Africa and A++ on organic chemistry (which you never use at an A++ level as a doctor) and everything will be just fine.
I haven’t downvoted you but I’ve actually found the opposite to be the case.
I’ve come across quite a few medical doctors who seem to lack the ability to listen to their patients – or the interest in investigating the cause of problems. I got the impression that they came from wealthy backgrounds and are the type of people who do well in exams and became doctors purely for the monetary return and social prestige. It’s disappointing to realise that I, as a system administrator, put more effort into investigating and solving IT problems for co-workers than some doctors put into investigating serious medical and health problems.
On the other hand, I’ve met a few intelligent, gifted and empathetic people who really wanted to be doctors or nurses but weren’t so good at rote memorisation. As a result, they didn’t obtain the necessary “points” to get one of the very limited places in medical courses.
The end result is that the health practice degrades overall, and social inequality strenghtens. I think nobody is happy with the former reason.