The current working conditions for doctors across the country have been increasingly become more difficult. This is due to high insurance rates, restrictions from management care, and the high cost of living. Having a doctorate once meant that you could earn a large salary and were equipped with the necessary skills to make a difference while earning a large income. However, this tends to not hold true anymore due to the recent turn of events that have been stemming from the recessed economy. Another factor to this equation comes from the fact that medical malpractice is at a all time low. The freeze of insurance rates comes at a detrimental time where many doctors are threatening to retire early or move out of the state to practice medicine. Insurance companies and malpractice attorneys alike are worried that if doctors do not perform up to standards that more people are going to fall victim to medical malpractice. The more people fall victim to medical malpractice, the greater amount of money insurance companies have to pay out in settlements. The replications of medical malpractice are detrimental for all involved in which the bigger question should be how to avoid medical malpractice from occurring in the first place.

Since many doctors on the east coast are threatening to either stop practicing all together or move out of the state, many studies have been done as to why this is occurring. Some other difficulties in having sufficient health care on the east coast stems from the fact that it is hard to recruit qualified physicians to the area due to the high cost of living. One study suggested that, “10.8 percent said they planned to leave Connecticut because of the practice environment. That, combined with tremendous difficulty in recruiting new doctors to the state, especially to Litchfield, Windham and New London counties, could result in a physician shortage that ultimately compromises patient care, sponsors of the survey warned.” This is a very serious issue that could cause not only doctors to leave the area but the public to leave as well. If people are moving to different states with a lower standard of living, the economy is going to suffer as people file out one by one.

Primary care doctors are being hit the hardest because they have lower incomes than specialists and other types of doctors. This is where we are going to see general healthcare deteriorate because there is going to be a lack of primary care doctors. If you have seen this lack of primary health care that has attributed to further injuries resulting in incidents of medical malpractice, contact a malpractice attorney as soon as possible. A malpractice attorney is going to be able to provide you with the information needed to determine how you want to proceed with your case. In determining negligence, a malpractice attorney has access to experts who will be able to prove that your doctor failed to provide you with a duty of care.