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In a 2009 report on the condition of the state's physician workforce, the New Jersey Council of Teaching Hospitals projected that, based on then-current trends, the state will be 2,800 physicians short of what it will need to meet growing patient demand by 2020.
Simply put, Goldstein wrote, many other states offer their physicians richer loan repayment programs, better Medicaid rates, lower tax and malpractice liability burdens, more prompt HMO reimbursement requirements and less red tape than New Jersey.
Additionally, New Jersey is a high-tax state, placing yet another financial disincentive for new physicians to open up a practice here, Cinotti said.
In the physician and malpractice insurance community, New Jersey has the reputation of being a "judicial hellhole," she said.
When you talk to practicing physicians, they'll tell you how hard they work to discourage their children from going into medicine," Costante said.
N.J. faces growing shortage of doctors due to med school costs, insurance concerns | NJ.com
I'm sure Obamacare will address all of the issues, right?