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2) Go to the Chinese system where people are accepted to pysician training programs straight out of HS, and then can fail out if they're not good enough, or stop at a mid-point in their training cycle and still have some right to practice.
The problem with this is cost. The whole reason why medical admissions is so selective and they work so hard to graduate you is the fact that they really can't afford to lose matriculants. It is a huge time and financial commitment to train physicians in the US. I can't offer a source, but I've heard that the behind the scenes costs of training a doctor ends up at around a half million.