NOT ENOUGH DOCTORS IN IOWA: Should UI accept more Iowans into its medical college?

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How can Iowa keep more physicians in the state after medical school? State Rep. Ann Meyer hopes a new bill, requiring the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine to prioritize applicants from the state, will help. Eighty percent of its students would need to have Iowa roots. The same stipulations would apply to the University of Iowa dental college.

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Dr Glenn Hurst, who specializes in rural medicine, and until recently had a practice in Minden, says he believes there are better ways to incentivize doctors to stay in the state.

"Is 80% the right number? We already have 70%. I don't think that they're focusing on the thing that they should be focusing on, which is — how do you keep talent in Iowa?" he said.

Rep. Adam Zabner represents Iowa City in the House.

“The real problem is that Republicans have made it to be a hard state to be a doctor in, they’ve underfunded healthcare and they’ve underfunded education,” he said.

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South Dakota does have a higher retention rate: 56 percent. The U.S. average is 54%, but In Iowa only 45% stay after their residencies...


https://www.3newsnow.com/council-bluffs/not-enough-doctors-in-iowa-should-ui-accept-more-iowans-into-its-medical-college

[Old Crank]

1. Smart doctors will leave.

You won't have any OBGyn doctors. The best will go to greener pastures. And the Nasty GOP policies will drive many more out.