Connecting the Dots from Urban Poverty to Excess Expenditures
January 13, 2010 · Leave a Comment
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Crisis in Physician Supply
Why are there shortages of physicians? Because health planners in the 1990s thought there were too many specialists and federal legislation capped the number trainined yearly. But why isn't anything being done about it now? Because voodoo statistics have convinced them (again) that there are too many and that they do too much. This blog will explain more about these statistics and about the damage that is occurring because of the failure to act responsibly on behalf of the citizens of this great nation. HEALTH CARE REFORM CANNOT SUCCEED WITHOUT MORE PHYSICIANS.-
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