California Facing a Shortage of Physicians

Thirty percent of California physicians are 60 years old or more, and more retire each year than the number of new physicians that start out. This doesn't bode well for what things will look like in 2014 when there are expected to be an additional 4 million Californians that will have health insurance.

The areas that will be hardest hit are the rural areas and the inland valleys. Primarily because doctors tend to gravitate towards the coast and the metropolitan areas. Many people in the central valley will find it harder to schedule an office visit after 2014 because of this shortage of doctors.

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