Doctors demand health care reform

The state's physician shortage will get worse if lawmakers don't adopt changes that would make Maryland more attractive to doctors, experts said yesterday.

Hundreds of patients, doctors and business leaders turned out for a rally in Annapolis to decry a system that has made Maryland's doctors among the lowest paid in the country.

Officials from MedChi, the Maryland State Medical Society, said lawmakers could improve this environment by adopting eight bills that are currently in the House and Senate. The bills would lure new physicians to the state as well as require insurance companies to reduce their premiums when...