Doctor shortage looms as Affordable Care Act paves way for 32 million newly insured
The Plain Dealer: About 32 million more Americans will soon come onto the insurance rolls, but officials are predicting a shortage of 90,000 doctors by 2020. The School of Medicine has increased its class size by nearly 20 percent over the last six years but is at current capacity, said Dean Pamela B. Davis. The school’s collaborative education program, though, will “help us do a better job with cost-effective, high-quality medical care.”