Internal medicine: "It’s dying on the vine"

Physician shortages continue, this time in Idaho:

She tells a story about a woman in Massachusetts who was excited about getting health insurance when her state began subsidizing it. But when the woman tried to get a doctor’s appointment, she was disappointed.

“She was going to have to wait six months to see a physician she would consider her primary care physician,” Allen said. “That is the crisis. Everybody is focused on insurance, but once you have the ability to pay for care, you have to have a doctor who will care for you.”

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