Time Magazine had a series of articles in a recent issue about this topic. I was shocked to read that "30% of positions in ob-gyn and 20% in E.R. medicine went unfilled by this year's U. S. graduates, although most spots were ultimately taken by foreign-school graduates and U.S. students who did not get their first choice." There was also a graphic showing which states are being hit hardest by the crisis, and there were only 6 states that so far have not been affected. The average cost of medical-liability premiums for OBs is $56,546, and has increased almost 20% over the past year alone. Premiums in hard-hit states like FL and TX are $150,000 and $102,000, respectively. My husband is insulated from this by the military right now, but he has talked to local civilian OBs who are being hit hard, and 4 of them in our local community have stopped delivering babies in the past year because their premiums have gotten too high.
Those of you whose S.O.'s are med students -- how has all of this affected their choice of specialty, if at all?
I wonder what is going to happen with this....Family Practitioners deliver a lot of the babies born in more rural areas, and in hard-hit states, they are not able to afford to do this anymore -- west Texas was already pretty desperate for doctors before all of this started....
I am interested to hear everyone's thoughts on this!
Sally
Those of you whose S.O.'s are med students -- how has all of this affected their choice of specialty, if at all?
I wonder what is going to happen with this....Family Practitioners deliver a lot of the babies born in more rural areas, and in hard-hit states, they are not able to afford to do this anymore -- west Texas was already pretty desperate for doctors before all of this started....
I am interested to hear everyone's thoughts on this!
Sally
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