Re: Medical school enrollment projected to increase by 17 percent
From: Gerald P.Rodriguez (geraldpr@cybermesa.com)
Mon Feb 12 21:16:02 2007
I agree with Joanne. I am now fully retired and my spouse and I are
wondering who is going "to take care of us" when our internist, who is our
age, retires. There are lots of ersatz doctors (physician extenders) out
here practicing medicine but very few of the genuine article who take on
Medicare patients. Those that do are my age and will soon see the light.
Gerald P. Rodríguez, M.D., FACOG
Santa Fe
>----- Original Message -----
From: "Joanne Bulley, MD" <islesannie@gmail.com>
To: "Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L" <ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net>
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 8:45 PM
Subject: Re: Medical school enrollment projected to increase by 17 percent
> Dan
>
> What you say may be true in bigger places - but the constant reduction
> in payments is making it ever harder to staff communities such as the
> one here in Keene.
>
> I have no answer - but it constantly gets harder to find a primiary care
> doctor - even with all the phsycian extenders etc - in this community.
>
> Where is this glut of Physicians?
>
> Joanne
>
> At Mon, 12 Feb 2007, R. Daniel Braun wrote:
>>
>>Actually we have way too many physicians. That is why the Government and
>>Ins. companies can get away with what they do. If you don't take it, there
>>is a guy down the street who will because that is better than what he is
>>getting now.
>>Yes there are some rural areas where there are shortages of physicians,
>>but
>>increasing the number of physicians overall won't make anyone want to
>>p[ractice in Resume Speed, North Dakota.
>>
>>Dan
>>
>>On 2/12/07, Harrison Sheld <hsheld@vwestm.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> It is not surprising because logically the AAMC has a vested interest in
>>> this prediction. With all the physician extenders (read that health care
>>> providers) in the marketplace, encouraged by managed care, it is likely,
>>> if there will be in fact more medical students, after residency
>>> training, they may not be able to make a living let alone repay their
>>> indebtedness. Academics should be looking at ways to be less dependent
>>> on a government that is inclined to reduce remuneration for medical
>>> services. One would assume that medical school candidates would look
>>> upon medicine as a "calling" in the mold of Dr. Schweitzer. I'm not sure
>>> that either generation X or Y sees it that way.
>>>
>>> Of course, I could be wrong.
>>>
>
> --
> Joanne Bulley, MD, FACOG
> Solo gyn
> Keene, NH USA
>
