The Physicians Foundation

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Misplaced Training Dollars: Lack of funding for community-based training impacting the primary care physician pipeline Hospital-based graduate medical education (GME) receives significantly more funding than community-based programs, a disparity linked to fewer new primary care physicians entering the workforce.

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Noreta Family Medicine

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

An Escape Fire for Healthcare I recently watched a film, called “ Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare, ” a 2012 documentary about how the priorities in the US healthcare system are focused on increasing revenue, instead of on goals that improve health, like preventive care. minutes long. Have a good week! Read My Latest News!

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Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 10, 2024

6 This graph shows the association between primary care physician density and life expectancy among US states: 3. Having Your Own Long-Term GP Can Save Your Life Patients who choose a GP rather than a specialist as their primary care provider have a 19% 8 lower mortality and produce 22% 9 -33% 8 lower healthcare spending.

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Maine Academy of Family Physicians

JUNE 21, 2024

Interest currently accumulates during that time, adding to the crushing debt, and discouraging new grads from pursuing careers in lower paying specialties such as family medicine. We advocated for the Resident Education Deferred Interest (REDI) Act (HR 1202 / S794). That’s why passage of the Seniors’ Act is imperative.

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