Not good news by any means with the shortage of Primary Care physicians taking place all over...one MD is going to leave the practice to "drive a truck"...well the good news for this physician though is that good truck drivers are also in high demand ..so good luck with that class one license and let it roll - I'm sure you will be truly missed as will be the other 4 calling it quits. 

Here is the link to the original post from the AAFP to read the article and have access to posting comments.  Couple comments listed below...BD

"Thank you for Dr. Iliff's editorial. In the last six months in our community, five primary care physicians have called it quits. Some have gone into hospital medicine, some have gone into the more controlled atmosphere of nursing home medicine, some have gone into the fringe of nutritional medicine and one will simply be driving a truck cross-country commercially. The rest of us are running as fast as we can. We cannot accept any more patients. The medical students from the local university have decided on careers out of primary care. They are not as blind as we were entering practice."

"Doctors are only allowed to write letters while payers have access to lawmakers. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see how this scenario is going to end."

Letters - October 2007 - Family Practice Management

Hat Tip:  Kevin, MD

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