tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981197052686065994.post4709251781438429589..comments2023-10-01T04:36:19.806-07:00Comments on medicine: facts and fictions: Why There are and Will be Fewer and Fewer Primary Care DoctorsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981197052686065994.post-83051005723424975292012-07-30T18:10:51.659-07:002012-07-30T18:10:51.659-07:00A front page story in the Sunday July 29, 2012 edi...A front page story in the Sunday July 29, 2012 edition of the NY Times decries the coming shortage of primary care physicians. It points our that if an additional 30,000,000 people get health insurance under Obamacare, there will never be enough primary care doctors to take proper care of this influx. The article also reiterated that the only specialties in which there is a current excess of doctors are dermatology and plastic surgery.george thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14810516710667919032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981197052686065994.post-9827503810175165382011-11-20T22:26:14.896-08:002011-11-20T22:26:14.896-08:00Unless he/she has taken a 4-year scholarship from ...Unless he/she has taken a 4-year scholarship from the armed forces and has agreed to serve in them or an Indian Reservation for the 4 years of medcial school plus whatever years they are allowed in residency. If you have money, this is the best deal.george thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14810516710667919032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981197052686065994.post-91562891848094466362011-11-15T16:16:48.194-08:002011-11-15T16:16:48.194-08:00One reader reminded me that if a med student has e...One reader reminded me that if a med student has enormous loans then there is no way to afford to be a primary care doctor.george thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14810516710667919032noreply@blogger.com