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HBO @ Noon: Family Doctors Are Unhappy

Item: Unhappy primary care doctors could be bad news for Idaho: Low pay, long hours and piles of paperwork have many nationwide looking to quit /Idaho Statesman

More Info: Many classmates of Dr. Chip Roser ended their medical training ready to practice a specialty. They morphed into neurologists, cardiologists, pathologists, dermatologists or other “-gists.” Despite advice to the contrary, Roser chose the path of family medicine, with potentially lower pay and longer hours. And he doesn’t regret it. But in a recent national survey, almost half of family practice doctors said they would get out if they could.

Question: Are you happy with your family care doctor?

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog