The key to saving primary care

Despite the current outcry over Healthcare.gov, Obamacare will soon bring 30 million Americans healthcare coverage. But if the website to signup may have lacked adequate planning, is our infrastructure for primary care ready? With some estimating a current shortage of 20,000 doctors, legions of new patients will add stress to an already crippled system. As a junior medical resident managing my own panel of outpatients at our local VA hospital, …

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