The Pennsylvania Medical Society recently published its 2011 State of Medicine Report: Critical Action Steps to Ensure Access to Care for Pennsylvania Citizens, identifying strategies to increase physician supply at a time of increasing demand for physicians.
Pennsylvania has an urgent need to act now to begin preparing the state’s health delivery system to meet the significantly increased demand for services. Without an adequate network of physicians, newly insured patients will flood already crowded emergency rooms, or they will continue to not receive care, thus increasing health care costs.