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What Are the Characteristics of a Good Primary Care Physician?

   PCPs like people. This was true of them long before they…

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The Doctor’s Customer Is the Insurer: Shouldn’t It Be the Patient?

   You the patient are really not the customer of your primary care physician.…

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The Paradox in American Healthcare

   We have a real paradox in American healthcare. On the one…

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Why Is There a Critical Shortage of Primary Care Physicians?

   Primary care physicians (PCPs) are becoming extinct.  It’s true. Not many…

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How Many Patients Should a Primary Care Physician Care For?

The answer is probably about 1000 or less. But most primary care…

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Small Businesses and the Not-So-Affordable Care Act

The Affordable The Affordable Care Act is not so affordable if you…

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