Season 14 • Episode 1130

The Primary Care Crisis

Episode Description

About this episode:

Seeing a primary care provider has benefits for long-term wellbeing and financial security. But workforce shortages and the rise of concierge medicine have left roughly 30% of U.S. adults without access to primary care. In this episode: Could changing how we invest in primary care connect more people with the services and guidance they need to live a healthy life?

Guest:

Dr. Zirui Song, PhD, is a professor at Harvard Medical School and a general internist at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Host:

Stephanie Desmon, MA, is a former journalist, author, and the director of public relations and communications for the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs.

Show links and related content:

Primary Care as a Public Utility: The Case for a Common Fund—JAMA
Primary Care — From Common Good to Free-Market Commodity—New England Journal of Medicine
Fee-based primary care is rapidly rising in U.S., hastening doctor shortages for public—The Hub

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