Peter Hotez: With too few pediatricians, health care costs could soar in the U.S.

Sallie Permar, Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine, shared a post by Peter Hotez, Professor at the Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, on X/Twitter:

“Thank you to our pediatrician scientist colleague Peter Hotez for highlighting this disturbing trend of a declining pediatrician pool due to how we fund children’s health in this country. We need a movement for children.”

Quoting Peter Hotez’s post:

“With too few pediatricians, health care costs could soar in the U.S. – from Sallie Permar, Bob Vinci, Weill Cornell Medicine, Boston U Chobanian in STAT.”

Source: Sallie Permar/X and Peter Hotez/X