Sec. 2. Findings
158 words·~1 min read·
/bill/113/hr/5498/ih/section-2A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
Congress finds as follows: According to the Association of American Medical Colleges— the shortage of primary care physicians will reach 45,000 by the year 2020, as fewer than 20 percent of medical students choose to enter primary care medicine; and the overall shortage of physicians in the United States is expected to surpass 130,000 by 2025. Medical schools in the United States train only approximately 16,000 new physicians every year. The Department of Health and Human Services estimates that the United States needs at least 16,000 more primary care physicians.
According to a survey of 1,600 pediatricians over the age of 50 conducted by the Association of American Medical Colleges and the American Academy of Pediatrics, 22 percent of female pediatricians took extended leave (6 months or more) from medicine, compared to only 6.5 percent of male pediatricians. Seventy-one percent of the female pediatricians who took extended leave did so to care for a child or family member.