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Congress can help curb high health care costs—it starts with primary care

R. Shawn Martin
May 15th 2024

Passing Primary and Virtual Care Affordability Act would help by ensuring better access to primary care services

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How ‘Moneyball’ can teach us to invest in primary care

R. Shawn Martin
July 31st 2023

Michael Lewis, let me tell you about primary care physicians.

Primary care is the solution to our health care crisis

Primary care is the solution to our health care crisis

R. Shawn Martin
March 15th 2022

But doctors need more funding and payment options to be effective

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