Bad News: Obamacare Is Going to Make the Doctor Shortage Worse

If you had surgery at New York City’s Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center—one of the top cancer centers in the world—you may not see your surgeon for your post-surgery exam. More and more, it’s likely to be a “surgical assistant,” someone who’s completed years of training and may have even been a member of the surgical team. The surgical assistant gives the report to the surgeon, who can act immediately if there’s a problem and check up later if recovery is going well. …