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AMA President Says N.Y. Needs More Primary Care Physicians E.B. Solomont
New York Sun, July 14, 2008 Physicians across the country are struggling to maintain their practices. Dr. Nancy Nielsen, the president of the American Medical Association, describes how major changes are needed in health care from the way health insurance is structured to the way physicians are compensated. A practicing physician in Buffalo, Nielsen points to the need for more primary care physicians in New York, and around the country. She discusses how New York physicians are headed for a serious conflict as liability rates are set to increase unless Governor Patterson commits to making reform a priority. "We've had a medical liability crisis in New York for a long, long time, and when I say crisis, it has led people to leave their practice before they otherwise would have," says Nielsen. "There are many alternative approaches that have been suggested, such as medical courts, because people who are injured deserve to be compensated." ยป article
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