New Answers Will Be Needed to Cure America's Doctor Shortage - Huffington Post

In today's rapidly changing American health care system, one problem -- a critical shortage of doctors -- threatens to dwarf all other concerns.

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The medical profession is trying to respond to this crisis. Some states may follow the lead of Missouri where a new law allows a medical school graduate to practice as an "assistant physician" under a "collaborating physician" without going through a residency. A number of medical schools -- like the School of Medicine at Texas Tech University -- are reducing the number of years a medical student studies from four to three, trying to speed up the rate at which doctors can be turned out.

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