http://www.crawfordharris.com/putting-the-pieces-together/ From the Land Where the Sun Shines Bright and the Moonshine's Delicious Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:42:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.crawfordharris.com/putting-the-pieces-together/comment-page-1/#comment-1932 locksmith south austin Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:41:40 +0000 http://www.crawfordharris.com/?p=314#comment-1932 Im sure I can speak for all that we would love to see a follow up to this post. Im sure I can speak for all that we would love to see a follow up to this post.

]]> http://www.crawfordharris.com/putting-the-pieces-together/comment-page-1/#comment-359 Crawford Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:53:16 +0000 http://www.crawfordharris.com/?p=314#comment-359 I am uncertain as to how high it is on his list of priorities but Obama has mentioned paying med school tuition for those agreeing to become primary care physicians and work for at least some period in rural areas. Multiplying the cost of this per student times the number needed is probably not too much of an expense given some costs for dealing with other issues. This needs to be done regardless of whatever insurance-type plans result. I am uncertain as to how high it is on his list of priorities but Obama has mentioned paying med school tuition for those agreeing to become primary care physicians and work for at least some period in rural areas. Multiplying the cost of this per student times the number needed is probably not too much of an expense given some costs for dealing with other issues. This needs to be done regardless of whatever insurance-type plans result.

]]> http://www.crawfordharris.com/putting-the-pieces-together/comment-page-1/#comment-358 Ed Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:20:34 +0000 http://www.crawfordharris.com/?p=314#comment-358 Your discussion of co-ops and primary care physicians in rural areas got me to thinking and doing a tiny bit of investigating. You have exposed the tip of an iceberg. There are not enough general care doctors to meet current needs, let alone the demands of some 46 million uninsured, who threaten to swamp the system. In the U.S., there are at least 4,500 primary care doctors older than 75, according to figures from the Physicians Masterfile database maintained by the American Medical Association. They can't/won't retire because there is nobody to take their place in their local community. Obama needs to realize that it could be a problem when everybody has insurance, but there is no doctor to treat them. Your discussion of co-ops and primary care physicians in rural areas got me to thinking and doing a tiny bit of investigating. You have exposed the tip of an iceberg. There are not enough general care doctors to meet current needs, let alone the demands of some 46 million uninsured, who threaten to swamp the system. In the U.S., there are at least 4,500 primary care doctors older than 75, according to figures from the Physicians Masterfile database maintained by the American Medical Association. They can’t/won’t retire because there is nobody to take their place in their local community. Obama needs to realize that it could be a problem when everybody has insurance, but there is no doctor to treat them.

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