Dr. Obamain's new patients in big trouble.

50 million new patients? Expect doc shortages

To keep up with the demand for primary care doctors, the country will need to add another 40,000 to the existing 100,000 doctors over the next decade or face a soaring backlog, according to Dr. Ted Epperly, president of the Kansas-based American Academy of Family Physicians.

"It's like giving everyone free bus passes, but there are only two buses," he said.

The need for more primary care doctors comes as the country's shortage of all doctors is expected to worsen, according to a study by the Association of American Medical Colleges, which found the rate of first-year enrollees in U.S. medical schools has declined steadily since 1980.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32829974/ns/health-health_care/

That decline in the rate of first-year enrollees in U.S. medical schools pretty much parallels the decline in science literacy in the U.S., ........ RIGHT.

And just how many years will it take to educate and train 40,000 new doctors?

Looks to me like about 14 years if they get started on it right away.

Of course, they could import them with promises of immediate citizenship, medical license and a paid for office or clinic to start practicing in.




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