This article from the MSU magazine reports on a new study that found that the state of Michigan is facing a shortage of certain specialty physicians and will likely face a critical shortage of general practitioners by 2020. Of special concern are inner city and rural areas, which already struggle to maintain a sufficient physician work force. "While the medically underserved today are largely those on public health insurance and the low-income uninsured, the medically underserved of the future will include Michigan residents of varying means all over the state," said Dr. Robert Frank, dean of the WSU School of Medicine.