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AMA Works to Reverse Primary Care Physician Shortage
Published in Physician Business Week, November 25th, 2008
The nation is experiencing the beginning of a physician shortage - with primary care being especially hard hit. As the U.S. population grows and millions of baby boomers age, this shortage promises to get worse with major repercussions for the health of the nation. The American Medical Association (AMA) is working to address this issue with a new policy aimed at increasing the ranks of primary care physicians, which passed today at the AMA's semi-annual policy-making meeting.
"The decrease in practicing primary care physicians and the alarming dearth of medical students planning to pursue primary care is a problem that cannot be ignored," said AMA Board Member William...
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