Residents should absolutely be paid. Years of often times reaching 80 hours/week, treating patients, performing procedures, writing notes - all is valuable labor.
It is like saying we won't pay you for the first several years of your first dev job because it is primarily a ramp up / educational period.
The labor isnt valuable thus cannot be billed and needs to be taken via taxes. It also means that whatever people are doing in residency, they don't need residency for. Licensure bullshit.
The labor is valuable and doesnt need to be taken via taxes.
It is like saying we won't pay you for the first several years of your first dev job because it is primarily a ramp up / educational period.