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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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Risking It All For a New Business Model at Family Physicians of St. Joe

Family Physicians of St. Joseph

Written by Pat Moody on Moody on the Market When it comes to healthcare, and primary care in particular, it has become increasingly difficult to remain successful as a small, independent practice. Direct Primary Care is owned and operated by Doctors Michael Eggebrecht, Leanne Mancini, Allison Meadows, and James Gendernalik.

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Transgender Health, Aging, and Advocacy: A Podcast with Noelle Marie Javier and Jace Flatt

GeriPal

Just today (June 17th) as we record this podcast: Ezra Klein released a wonderful interview with Sarah McBride , the first openly transgender member of congress A judge ruled that cuts to NIH grants focused on minority groups, including transgender people, were illegal and ordered the government to restore funding. We are not a Monolith.

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PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

GeriPal

He had this disseminated head and neck cancer and he had tried to get care before and due to his mental illness, he couldn’t follow up for cancer care. We have world class primary care, cancer care, palliative care. Naheed 17:53 Yeah, they want connection, they want relationship, they want, meaning.

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

GeriPal

And Bill Andereck is still haunted by the decision he made to have the police break down the door to rescue his patient who attempted suicide in the 1980s, as detailed in this essay in the Cambridge Quarterly of HealthCare Ethics. And he’s also chaired the California Pacific Medical Center’s ethics committee since 1985.

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2024 Summer Pinecones E-Newsletter -- ADVOCACY News

Maine Academy of Family Physicians

Topics on the AAFP agenda included: Improving Access to Primary Care for High Deductible Health Plans Enrollees - high deductible plans discourage patients from accessing primary to deal with problems such as diabetes and hypertension and delay care, leading to worsening health outcomes.