We don't have enough people going into those fields and there is a high burnout rate in some health care professions, so it is very important that we get more people into the pipeline right now.
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This is a very difficult question. If you take a look at the aging population and demographics, we are going to have a big increase in the number of health care jobs needed in the state and in the country.
To create exponential growth in health care, we need to put tremendous resources and focus behind the best human minds working in this field.
We are going to see a tremendous number of health professionals retire over the next 8-10 years. We are not doing nearly enough to deal with this problem.
What we're really trying to do is level out the health care system. It has gotten so one-sided as more and more people have been put into managed care; in fact, about 70 percent of the patients in the country.
America is facing a looming shortage of doctors, nurses, and physicians' assistants.
Part of me thinks that innovation, real innovation in health care delivery, needs to happen from the bottom to the top.
We should prepare our future workforce differently. It isn't just advanced STEM degrees. There are many jobs you can do without advanced degrees.
By fostering competition, leveling the playing field, and increasing transparency, we can bring America's health care sector into the 21st century.
There is a shortage of doctors, and the American Medical Association is aiming to keep it that way.
I think we're rapidly approaching the day where medical science can keep people alive in hospitals, hooked up to tubes and things, far beyond when any kind of quality of life is left at all.