There are pros and cons to each. However with the fragmented nature of today’s health care, continuity of care is dwindling. That is a poor prognostic sign for FP:
But Wright’s situation rests on the fact she’s had the same insurance for 13 years.In the modern U.S. economy, the benefits of having a long-term physician may never accrue anyway. Most people don’t stay for decades in one job. Switch jobs and you’re likely onto a new plan, with a whole new list of doctors.
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I am not a family physician, however, I support than 100%. My mother was a patient of a family physician. She also had diabetes, a heart condition, high blood pressure, and severe debilitating arthritis. She was seen by a cardiologist, an endocrinologist, and an orthopedic surgeon. Each physician would prescribe her a medication, but it was her family physician who kept track of all her medications, their drug interactions, etc. Specialists rarely follow more than one medical problem at a time. If my mother didn’t have a family physician, no one would have coordinated all her medical problems, and checked on her medications, and made sure that even the routine was taken care of.
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