U.S. Faces Shortage of Doctors - WSJ.com

Hope and Change.  Sadly, everyone knew this before the healthcare vote.  Everyone knew passing the healthcare bill wouldn’t do anything to add more doctors – in fact it would have just the opposite effect.  Yet, here we are. 

 

U.S. Faces Shortage of Doctors - WSJ.com

By SUZANNE SATALINE And SHIRLEY S. WANG

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First-year resident Dr. Rachel Seay, third from left, circumcises a newborn in George Washington University Hospital's delivery wing on March 12.

The new federal health-care law has raised the stakes for hospitals and schools already scrambling to train more doctors.

Experts warn there won't be enough doctors to treat the millions of people newly insured under the law. At current graduation and training rates, the nation could face a shortage of as many as 150,000 doctors in the next 15 years, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges