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The US Healthcare System vs…….South Park ?!?!

Noreta Family Medicine

Insert a different medical problem and a different medicine, and this situation repeats itself daily in a primary care office. For instance, in May, I prescribed a diabetic medicine for a patient. Let’s start with the scene where Kyle and friends walk into an office to try to get his friend’s medicine paid for.

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8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

Family medicine is neither the most prestigious nor the highest paid medical profession. Should GPs actually be treated as the stars of medicine? As a general practitioner and primary care researcher, it was always fascinating for me to delve into the scientific literature to investigate this issue.