Inside Out: "The Doctor Can't See You Now"

This is a documentary about one of the fundamentals of medicine in the U.S.: primary care. It is a story about the changing roles of the family practitioner and internal medicine doctors both historically and today. It is the story of how the complexity of the modern healthcare environment, the aging population and new attitudes towards practicing medicine among doctors, have transformed the pivotal role of the doctor at the center of a patient's medical journey. In "The Doctor Can't See You Now" Rachel Gotbaum reports on why seasoned primary care doctors are leaving their practices, and how too many newly-trained doctors are making the decision that primary care is an untenable career. A majority of younger doctors are choosing instead to go into specialties where the hours are more regular and the pay more rewarding.