There is already a severe shortage of primary care doctors in the state
A third of the primary care doctors who are currently practicing in MA are approaching retirement in the next few years
Very few young doctors are entering the field to replace those retiring doctors
Hence, the shortage of doctors is going to get much, much, worse over the next few years.
The article discusses a proposal called “Primary Care For You” that would attempt to rectify the problem. Unfortunately, while it’s certainly a good thing that somebody is paying attention and at least trying to remedy the crisis, I’m not very optimistic from the reporting in the article that this plan will make much of a difference.
