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Sort of. The US medical system has multiple choke points, but an undergraduate degree is the least limiting. The bigger barriers are the limited number of med school spots and the even smaller number of residency spots. Med school is a whole discussion, I don't even think you should need an undergraduate degree, but whatever. The final filter is residency spots, which are functionally set by the government. They pay hospitals to take residents, and will only pay for a certain number each year. We gotta increase that number if we want to stop throwing away educated doctors before they can even get to helping people.
I'd say you're right honestly. Especially since the majority of courses are really pointless for doctors. Organic chemistry only serves to weed out those who can't or won't study. You'll use very little of it as a practicing doctor (Biology majors who take things such as immunology, genetics, etc def get more value than other majors)
Med school acceptance is definitely an issue like you said also. Its only getting worse, with the average GPA/MCAT/extracurriculars being waaaay higher than even in the 90s.
Residency, thankfully, is something theyre trying to address by increasing the slots. Of course they also have fucked anyone who needs FinAid for premed/med school so....