Becker's Healthcare December 4, 2024
While it is generally accepted that the shortage of physicians in the U.S. is driven by an aging population of current physicians, an insufficient number of residency slots and increased demand for medical procedures, Rep. Greg Murphy, MD, R-N.C., offered another reason in a Dec. 3 Medical Economics report.
“I think we have to have a real serious conversation about the physician workforce,” Rep. Murphy said. “What’s happened? No. 1 reason we have a physician shortage is, the people who’ve gone to medical school are not practicing medicine.”
He also acknowledged consistent decreases in physician reimbursements and an aging population, among other factors, as the main drivers of the physician shortage. But he recalled the 1990s, a time when...
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