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Filling physician shortage faces barriers

Nurse practitioner Deb Rill on the staff at Pediatric Associates, Kettering. If Obamacare goes into effect and 32 million more adults enter the health-care system, there won’t be enough doctors to take care of everyone. Nurse practitioners, who in Ohio can set up as independent practitioners, say they can fill the gap, but at least one medical group warns they may not be qualified. And there’s another issue: There aren’t enough nurse practitioners to go around, either, and a faculty shortage means it won’t be easy to crank up capacity.

Jim Witmer

Nurse practitioner Deb Rill on the staff at Pediatric Associates, Kettering. If Obamacare goes into effect and 32 million more adults enter the health-care system, there won’t be enough doctors to take care of everyone. Nurse practitioners, who in Ohio can set up as independent practitioners, say they can fill the gap, but at least one medical group warns they may not be qualified. And there’s another issue: There aren’t enough nurse practitioners to go around, either, and a faculty shortage means it won’t be easy to crank up capacity.

 

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