What good is universal coverage if there aren’t enough PCPs?

The trend is moving in the wrong direction, stifling any useful attempts at universal coverage:

“Supply and demand are both going in the wrong direction,” Dr. B. Dale Magee, the society’s president, said in an interview. “With the new healthcare reform law, we anticipate that the demand for physician services is going to increase, not only across the board, but especially for primary care physicians.”

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