Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100714:00:25:00
Where there's always a shortage of doctors. talk about the problem? how big of a crisis is this really? >> what we're facing in primary care is what i call a perfect storm. first of all medical students and residents don't want to go into primary care anymore. they look at see their mentors, they see their job is completely unsustainable. largely because of a payment system that doesn't reward or value what primary care providers do. >> if the system is so dysfunctional, explain why, why doctors get paid this way and why we aren't compensating primary care doctors? >> first of all, we don't pa...