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Caring for the underserved: The National Health Service Corps

The Health Policy Exchange

In this month's Georgetown University Health Policy Seminar, we critically evaluated the accomplishments and limitations of the NHSC in improving access to care for the medically underserved. Are there alternative health policies that could attract primary care and subspecialist physicians to areas where they are most needed?

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Maryland's Primary Care Program: incremental progress or breakthrough?

The Health Policy Exchange

What hasn't changed is that our family medicine residents remain excited about health policy and advocacy. Finally, it seems awkward and unrealistic for a family doctor to tell a specialist that his or her practice style is too aggressive, even if there's good data to back it up.