As an estimated 14 million additional Americans become eligible for health insurance next year under the Affordable Care Act, recent survey data reveals that the number of doctors entering the healthcare field remains flat, and existing physicians are reducing the number of patients they are willing to service. Solutions to the shortage are urgently needed experts say.
“We are at a critical juncture,” said Steven Wartman, MD, PhD, president and CEO of the Association of Academic Health Centers. “As the 2014 deadline for most Americans to have health insurance approaches, the healthcare workforce is not ready, and we are quickly running out of time.”
(Read my complete blog on the topic at Healthcare Finance News)
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