Commentary: The private sector can help solve our doctor shortage
by Sally C. Pipes, Chicago Tribune
Mar 17, 2022
3 minutes
The pandemic has laid bare a crisis we’ve ignored for far too long — our chronic doctor shortage. According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, the United States faces a shortfall of up to 124,000 physicians over the next decade.
This is a supply problem, as the demand for care will only go up. So we must create more doctors — by expanding medical school capacity and increasing the number of
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