Given that such a large percentage of the medical spending in the United States goes towards end-of-life care, it seems odd that it would be hard to find doctors interested in geriatric care.
But a report by NPR suggests that, just as Medicare funding will soon not be great enough to care for the country's burgeoning retired population, there are not nearly enough medical school grads going into elder care.
The radio station put the spotlight on West Virginia, home to one of America's poorest and oldest populations. Nearly a quarter of the state's 1.8 million residents are over 60, but there are only 36 doctors that specialize in elderly care.
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