Most health care reform plans don’t address the physician shortage, leading them to be useless:

Sampson was enrolled in a plan run by a subsidiary of Boston Medical Center called BMC Health Net. But before her benefits would take effect, she had to find a primary care doctor. That’s when her frustration with the new system reached a boiling point.

Sampson started calling primary care doctors within a half-hour drive of her home in Kingston. The response from nearby doctors:'”˜We’re not taking (that insurance plan), we’re not taking new patients.”

Sampson estimated she called about 50 doctors. In some cases, administrators at doctors offices said they didn’t know why they were on lists as accepting the insurance when they don’t. In others, they just weren’t accepting new patients.