in a surprise move, at least three medical schools are shaving off a full year of their degree programs to get more physicians into the workforce sooner. there's already a shortage of primary care doctors, but as obama care takes effect the majority of the 48 million people without health care coverage right now will suddenly be insured and need doctors. one study predicts a shortage of 45,000 primary care physicians in the next seven years. joining me now is assistant professor of annes thesology and rehabilitation at nyu school of medicine and chair of medicine at newark beth israel medical center, dr. bob mahita. good to see you. >>. >> good to see you. >> we were talking about this in our staff meeting and when you say let's go from four years of training to three, everyone says i don't want that doctor. you say it's a good idea, why