Not enough doctors? States should solve the problem
The states are far better equipped than the federal government to address increasingly complex and serious health care workforce issues. But by enacting the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, Congress swells the costs and role of the federal government, while ignoring the critical role that states can -- and should -- play as a consequence of their existing oversight of key workforce areas. Worse, the new health care law largely repeats the mistakes of the past.