No One’s Promising You Can Keep Your Doctor Anymore

“It’s no longer viable to go it alone and administrative requirements from insurance companies are time-consuming and burdensome. That’s killing things. It’s just so incredibly complex” – Allen Ditto, M.D.

By DANIEL PAYNE and ERIN SCHUMAKER

11/26/2023

President Barack Obama famously told Americans they could keep their doctors. At the rate things are going, it won’t be long before many Americans don’t have one in the first place — at least not the way they’re used to.

The math is simple: Medical schools just aren’t churning out doctors fast enough to keep pace with the population.

SOURCE: No one’s promising you can keep your doctor anymore – POLITICO