Common Sense Family Doctor

DECEMBER 27, 2024

" The Gilded Age of Medicine is Here ," announced the title of a recent New Yorker article about the tactics of private equity firms that provide infusions of cash to struggling hospitals in order to extract hundreds of millions of dollars in profits by slashing costs to the bone and endangering the health of patients.

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Noreta Family Medicine

MARCH 26, 2025

I’ve written blogs that discuss my perspective on why Direct Primary Care (DPC) is helpful to both patients and physicians in Columbia, SC (and beyond!). Many of our patients have shared how they often felt rushed at their previous primary care doctor’s office, leaving appointments with lingering concerns.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

MARCH 15, 2025

Paperwork required to sign up for health insurance and to establish care with a practice. Calling to schedule the next available appointment and taking time off work. Travel to the doctor’s office. Finally, neither patients nor primary care clinicians could easily access the results of colonoscopies or stool-based tests.

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