The US physician crisis is currently being resolved by smaller policies
Elaine K. Howley 22, member of the Association of Health Care Journalists and the National Association of Science Writers, “The U.S. Physician Shortage Is Only Going to Get Worse. Here Are Potential Solutions,” Time, 7-25-2022, https://time.com/6199666/physician-shortage-challenges-solutions/ //nm
As complex as the physician-shortage problem is, it’s not insurmountable, Baackes says. For example, a July 2020 report from the California Health Care Foundation that used data from 2014 found that 11.2 million people in the state were living in an HPSA. A September 2021 report from the Kaiser Family Foundation found that number had shrunk to about 7.8 million. Baackes says that this 31% reduction from 2014 to 2021 demonstrates that California has made progress in addressing the physician shortage. The state has been implementing many strategies, such as expanding technology, to address the physician shortage. But more needs to be done.“It’s about having the bandwidth to provide good patient care,” Holliday says. “We don’t want our patients to have poor outcomes and to struggle to get the right provider for their needs.”