New American Medical Association president says "we have a health care system in crisis"

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Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld — an anesthesiologist, Navy veteran and father — made history this week when he was inaugurated as the new president of the American Medical Association, becoming the first openly gay leader of the nation's largest group of physicians and medical students.

"So after three years of experiencing so much stress, with COVID, you know, we've had a 'twindemic:' a pandemic of the disease, plus a pandemic of misinformation, and bad information," Ehrenfeld told CBS News of some of the top issues facing physicians today. 

Facing doctor burnout, soaring medical costs and an influx of legislation targeting the LGBTQ community, Ehrenfeld is taking over at a difficult time.

"We have a health care system in crisis, I hear that from my physician colleagues," Ehrenfeld said.

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