The story contains a cautionary tale for criminal defendants: Be careful about bringing big wads of cash to court when you’re likely to be leaving in handcuffs.

“The artificial cap on the number of funded graduate medical education positions limits final training opportunities for physicians and thus limits access to care,” writes Marc B. Hahn, president and chief executive officer of the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences. “This compounds the current primary care physician shortage and has the potential to be the single greatest barrier to accessing quality health care.”