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New Report: U.S. Primary Care System Crumbling Amid Historic Disinvestment and Surge in Chronic Diseases

The Physicians Foundation

Scorecard with National and State Level Data Reveals Workforce Shortages, Low Primary Care Reimbursement, and Reduced Patient Access to Vital Services February 18, 2025 – As the nation faces a widespread surge in chronic diseases, the third Primary Care Scorecard highlights how systemic disinvestment in U.S.

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2024 Summer Pinecones E-Newsletter -- ADVOCACY News

Maine Academy of Family Physicians

Despite broad support from all aspects of health care, the flavored tobacco bill, LD 2416, was passed by the senate but never came up for a vote in the House. Opposition from a coalition of the tobacco lobby and the recovery community prevailed to kill the bill. Work continues preventing more children from becoming addicted to tobacco.

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For family medicine workforce, HHS reorganization plan receives a failing grade

Common Sense Family Doctor

While I'm grateful for subspecialists who alleviate pain, rescue patients who are unable to breathe on their own, manage complicated fractures, and replace worn-out hips and knees, the gap between the number of family doctors we need and the number we have keeps getting wider. How can we train more family physicians?