September 6, 2019
Doctor shortage predicted
CNBC - Projections
from the Association of American Medical Colleges say the U.S. will see
a shortage of 46,900 to 121,900 physicians by 2032 in primary and
specialty care. The
aging of America’s population is slicing the health-care industry in
multiple ways. Americans are living longer and seemingly healthier lives
— and requiring more care later into life. What’s more, one-third of
all doctors currently working will be older than 65 in the next decade,
and retirements may squeeze supply
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That future Doctor shortage could be fixed, if at the present, there becomes a promotion of medical careers for students entering college, Free College, and Medicare for All.
The current system of training new doctors is broken. Who wants to be a Doctor, if your whole professional career will be overshadowed by student loan payments that stretch into retirement. Fear of unpayable student loans forces people to make hard choices, like becoming a dental hygienist instead of a doctor to insure you have a decent job and have paid off your student loans before you retire. That's not to say anything bad about dental hygienists, but I have met people who have made that choice. People who would have made great doctors, but who are now great nurses or dental hygienists.
With Medicare for All, things would change for doctors in their professional life.
The unsavory doctor task of dealing with private insurance and it's mosaic of coverages that waste Doctor time with added paper work, would disappear. Patients who wait to bring problems in until they have become serious because they don't have money for the copay, or have fallen in a $5000 donut's hole, would never happen. Doctors would be able to focus on doing the best for their patients, without the real risks of financially ruining your patients to heal them. Under the current system it's no wonder there is a doctor shortage. Right now the profession is a hard sell to a new college student, and that does not bode well for future doctor numbers.
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