Doctor shortage opens doors to new careers

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July 31, 2012 - 12:00 AM

Looking for a sure-fire vocation: Go into health care.

The Affordable Health Care Act (Obamacare) is scheduled to expand Medicaid to millions of now-uninsured Americans by 2014. Thousands of additional physicians will be needed to give them care. Even if that program is repealed, the aging of the baby boomers will increase the Medicare population and also put pressure on health care providers.

The Association of American Medical Colleges estimates that in 2015 the country will have 62,900 fewer doctors than needed and that number will more than double by 2025.

Even without the health care law, experts estimate that the shortage of doctors in 2025 would still exceed 100,000.

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