The U.S. has a shortage of primary-care physicians and few new med-school graduates plan careers in general internal medicine, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The shortage deprives 60 million Americans of adequate care, according to the National Association of Community Health Centers. A third study, in the Annals of Family Medicine, estimates that 52,000 new primary-care doctors will be needed by 2025 just to keep up with population growth and the expansion of Obamacare. A look at the PCP shortage with Dr.
