cardiologists or 335,000 for oncologists treating cancer. how much is about compensation? >> i think that's a major reason why a lot of medical students aren't choosing family medicine. the potential for financial gain is just not the same as those other fields. >> reporter: the health care bill does try to fix that. that's a 10% pay bump to family physicians through medicare. and the add-on bill which is now being considered in the senate, has an even bigger increase for doctors taking medicaid, low income patients. the bill that passed has other incentives, it expands the program to forgive loans for medical student who go into primary care. even before all of that goes into effect, there have been some signs of change. when medical students around the country picked their specialties, the number picking primary care was up for the first time in 13 years. >> we've had a huge debate about health care reform. what do we need to do to get this country on a healthy track?