The Future of America's Ailing Health Care System

http://viableopposition.blogspot.ca/2013/08/the-future-of-americas-ailing-health.html

We are all aware that Americans, on average, are getting older.  Older Americans result in one thing; a greater reliance on the health care system.  Unfortunately, the current health care system functions with family physicians (aka primary care physicians) acting as the gatekeepers.  While there is nothing inherently wrong with having a family doctor refer his or her patients through the health care maze, there is a looming problem with that model of care.  As background, in 2010, there were 208,807 practicing primary care physicians including 44,933 who are practicing in the more specific field of pediatrics and only 2,999 who practice in the field of geriatrics.

According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, this is the problem: