And so it goes . . .
Maryland is confronting a growing, statewide shortage of practicing primary care and subspecialty physicians, a trend that could lead to much longer waiting times in physician offices while increasing emergency room visits for minor afflictions and ailments.
The solution of “increasing the number of residency slots” isn’t going to work. Primary care residencies don’t fill anyways. The key is incentivising medical students to choose primary care, and that starts with complete loan forgiveness.
