MIAMI - APRIL 02: James Sikora (L-R), Kay Schmid, Shravan Kandula, Raul Gosthe and Emilio Lopez listen as their professor, Joseph Esterson, MD, (3rd R) Director, Cardiology Training at The Gordon Center for Research In Medical Education, University of Miami, speaks during a class where they work with Harvey, the cardiopulmonary patient simulator on April 2, 2009 in Miami, Florida. Despite the weak economy there is a need for health care workers, which is reflected in the rise of applications for the University of Miami medical school. Recently a report by Association of American Medical Colleges said the shortage is expected to exceed 124,000 physicians by 2025, and it will be most acute in primary care. Getty Images logo Getty Images 10 months ago

MIAMI - APRIL 02: James Sikora (L-R), Kay Schmid, Shravan Kandula, Raul Gosthe and Emilio Lopez listen as their professor, Joseph Esterson, MD, (3rd R) Director, Cardiology Training at The Gordon Center for Research In Medical Education, University of Miami, speaks during a class where they work with Harvey, the cardiopulmonary patient simulator on April 2, 2009 in Miami, Florida. Despite the weak economy there is a need for health care workers, which is reflected in the rise of applications for the University of Miami medical school. Recently a report by Association of American Medical Colleges said the shortage is expected to exceed 124,000 physicians by 2025, and it will be most acute in primary care.

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  1. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown delivers an address on social and personal care in London February 8, 2010. Brown, facing an election within months, set out plans on Monday to overhaul the health service, promising prompt access to cancer specialists and more one-to-one nursing.
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  3. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown delivers an address on social and personal care in London February 8, 2010. Brown, facing an election within months, set out plans on Monday to overhaul the health service, promising prompt access to cancer specialists and more one-to-one nursing.
  4. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown delivers an address on social and personal care in London February 8, 2010. Brown, facing an election within months, set out plans on Monday to overhaul the health service, promising prompt access to cancer specialists and more one-to-one nursing.
  5. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown delivers a speech on social and personal care, in London, Monday Feb. 8, 2010. In a major pre-election speech, to the health think-tank the King's Fund, Brown will pledged a broad reform of community healthcare, giving people the option of chemotherapy and dialysis without having to travel to a clinic or hospital, and said that it would also be easier to access palliative care and care for the elderly at home.
  6. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown delivers a speech on social and personal care, in London, Monday Feb. 8, 2010. In a major pre-election speech, to the health think-tank the King's Fund, Brown will pledged a broad reform of community healthcare, giving people the option of chemotherapy and dialysis without having to travel to a clinic or hospital, and said that it would also be easier to access palliative care and care for the elderly at home.
  7. FILE - In this Feb. 4,2010 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks during a Democratic National Committee (DNC) fundraising event in Washington. President Barack Obama, who insisted he would succeed where other presidents failed to fix the nation's costly health care system, now concedes the effort may die in Congress.
  8. Rhode Island State Rep. John Loughlin, D-Tiverton, folds the Rhode Island state flag after announcing his candidacy for Congress before members of the media, in Lincoln, R.I., Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Loughlin says he's seeking the seat held by Patrick Kennedy, faulting Kennedy for focusing on health care reform rather than trying to help deal with unemployment.
  9. Rhode Island State Rep. John Loughlin, R-Tiverton, stands in front of supporters as he announces his candidacy for Congress, in Lincoln, R.I., Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Loughlin says he's seeking the seat held by Patrick Kennedy, faulting Kennedy for focusing on health care reform rather than trying to help deal with unemployment.
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  11. John Bernardez, 41,fills out an application during an orientation for a company seeking home health and personal care aides at the New York State Department of Labor in the Bronx borough of New York, February 3, 2010.
  12. A man listens as others fill out applications during an orientation for a company seeking home health and personal care aides at the New York State Department of Labor in the Bronx borough of New York, February 3, 2010.
  13. A woman listens during an orientation for a company seeking home health and personal care aides at the New York State Department of Labor in the Bronx borough of New York, February 3, 2010.
  14. A woman listens during an orientation for a company seeking home health and personal care aides at the New York State Department of Labor in the Bronx borough of New York, February 3, 2010.
  15. A woman listens during an orientation for a company seeking home health and personal care aides at the New York State Department of Labor in the Bronx borough of New York, February 3, 2010.
  16. Dr. Michael Lenoir, right, examines Dante Jones, 2, being held by his mother Daaiyah Shabazz in Lenoir's offices in Oakland , Calif., Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. Among states, California arguably has the most to gain from an overhaul of its health care system: it has the greatest number of uninsured residents in the country and the largest public insurance program for the poor, which struggles to serve 6.5 million people while reimbursing doctors at one of the nation's lowest rates.

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