The Health Policy Exchange

JUNE 24, 2013

Envisioned by Seattle pediatrician Abraham Bergman, MD as a way to recruit idealistic young physicians to "doctor deficient" communities throughout the U.S., Senate worked by following the winding path of Public Law 91-623 ( The Emergency Health Personnel Act of 1970 ), which created the National Health Service Corps (NHSC).

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A Country Doctor Writes

JULY 1, 2025

So, instead, our patients end up going to walk-in clinics, seeing providers they don’t know who practice without the shackles of the family doctor of record. It is a vehicle for top-down government control of people’s care decisions and doctors’ behavior. Each provider is aided by one medical assistant.

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

We’ve been hearing from family physicians across Minnesota about the rapid pace of recent federal policy changes and concerns about their impact on patient care and the communities we serve. Are there other ways we can support you on your journey as a family doctor? We’d love to hear from you. Email us at office@mafp.org.

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Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

As community-based family doctors, we have been attending to patients who showed the early warning signs of the oncoming wave of our viral season. We are now in the middle of that wave: a "tripledemic" of RSV, influenza and COVID-19.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

DECEMBER 27, 2024

These days, most adults need to wait several months for a new patient appointment with a family doctor, if they can get one at all. This isn't only because too few medical students are choosing primary care residency programs ; it also reflects generalist physicians leaving practice prematurely due to burnout.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

JUNE 8, 2025

However, as stated plainly in a recent editorial published in more than 120 medical journals worldwide , “This does not mean humanity is any safer.” After peaking at more than 70,000 in 1986, the absolute number of weapons gradually declined from the implementation of various arms control treaties to 12,331 today.

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Family Physicians of St. Joseph

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

That has placed them in the rare company of becoming one of the Top Fifteen Under 15 businesses in our community. Family Physicians of St. Direct Primary Care is owned and operated by Doctors Michael Eggebrecht, Leanne Mancini, Allison Meadows, and James Gendernalik. Joseph, P.C., Anchored at 147 Peace Boulevard in St.

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