The American Doctor Shortage
It’s coming. It matters. It’s time to act.
Anna’s story
A young doctor’s future — told in three parts
episode 1:
the beginning
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Our story begins with a fateful train ride that changes Anna Corral’s life forever.
episode 2:
door to the er
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It’s April 2025, Midville University Hospital. The waiting room is packed, patients are growing restless, and Dr. Anna Corral is getting ready for the long day ahead.
episode 3:
code blue
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The stark reality of the doctor shortage becomes all too apparent when Anna meets her newest patient.
The waiting room
The doctor shortage — seen through the eyes of the people it hurts most
But it didn’t have
to be like this...
...because we saw this coming.
the reality
today...
- Our population is growing and getting older.
- We need to increase federal funding for doctor training.
- And congress has the power to make it happen.
And it’s time
for us to make them do it.
Make your voice heard
Stand up for Americans’ access to care. Help stop the doctor shortage.
Say you’re ready to
fight.
Dear Member of Congress:
Every single American has faced a time when he, she, or a loved one is sick, injured, and in need of a doctor’s care.
For most people, this isn’t a problem today — in fact, we can sometimes take the ability to see a doctor when we need one for granted. But unless Congress acts to increase federal support for training doctors, there soon won’t be enough to provide the care that people need.
The facts are simple: Our population is aging. It is also growing. Demand for medical care is higher than ever — and in fact, medical schools have been expanding enrollment to meet this demand. Yet since 1997, federal support for graduate medical education (GME), the training every doctor needs before they can practice independently, has effectively been frozen.
If you do not act to expand support for GME, America will face a shortage of as many as 121,900 physicians by 2032. And because it takes at least seven years to train a doctor, the time to act is right now.
As an American voter, I urge you to vote to expand funding for residency training. We simply cannot keep America healthy without enough doctors.
Signed,
[Your Name Here]
