Five-year update to the 2021 National Academy of Medicine report finds little progress on access and calls for universal primary care coverage, more investment and a bigger workforce.
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Primary care Rx: Six ways to fix it, from the National Academy of Medicine
Author(s)Richard Payerchin
Fact checked by: Keith A. Reynolds
Start with universal primary care coverage, doubled investment and a bigger workforce.
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Five years after declaring primary care a common good, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) says access has not improved and federal policy may make it worse. Its new report,
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