Physician recruiting: Money talks

Editorial from rural Vermont, where hospitals are having a hard time attracting doctors:

Reimburse doctors for some or all of their education expenses as soon as they become doctors, and pay a hefty percentage of their malpractice insurance, based on their income. Simple, effective, immediate. The benefits would be enormous throughout the system.

And the amount it would cost the government, compared to the billions and billions we spend (or waste) on health care is not even a teaspoon. Why don’t we do this?

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