The financial incentives must be changed, or else the PCP shortage will kill any universal health care initiative.
Massachusetts is finding that out first hand:
Even more disturbing is the fact that primary care physicians who already earn far less than some of their peers are falling even further behind. Doctors can earn far more in the U.S. if they specialize in areas that lean heavily on costly interventions. That means that new doctors are deterting primary care, the specialty that’s arguably most critical to universal coverage plans.
