Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100302:12:56:00
Chose primary care. >> people who have insurance can't find a doctor so suddenly we are going to give insurance or give access to health care to a whole bunch of people that have not had it without increasing the number of physicians, it's going to be a problem. >> reporter: why such a decrease? how much is about money? >> i think that's a major reason why, the potential financial gain is not as much as the other fields. here in atlanta, maybe around 150 you are starting off. >> that's lower than a national average of $173,000 a year. cardiologists average $419,000, and oncologist make more.