As the U.S. grapples with a shortage of primary care physicians, many in health care fear that access will sharply decline as health reform adds millions more Americans to the ranks of the insured.
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Medical schools need to do more to meet the nation's needs, said Dr. Brian Smedley, vice president and director of the Joint Center for Political Studies Health Policy Institute, a research and public policy institution that focuses on minority issues.
He said medical schools, and also nursing and dental schools, will have to cooperate to produce more front-line providers and doctors who better reflect the population they serve. Also, he said, there needs to be balance in the earnings potential of primary care doctors and specialists, and less tuition debt for doctors.
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