Data Show NY Need for Primary Health Care Doctors

New York’s medical community worries that adding 1.1 million people to insurance rolls under the federal health care overhaul will overwhelm primary care physicians, many of whom are already swamped.

Associated Medical Schools of New York said this year about half of 2,160 graduating medical students will stay in the state for their residencies. Enrollment at the 16 schools has increased 14 percent over the past decade and several of the schools plan to increase class sizes or launch programs to train doctors for underserved, rural areas.

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