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Opinion: Primary care doctors are disappearing. Many are overworked and underpaid.

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July 31, 2024

Roughly one-third of Americans do not have a primary care physician. It’s a shrinking cohort as more and more medical school students opt to become specialists. In his latest essay in the San Diego Union-Tribune, David Brenner explains why this long-term trend (with no sign of abatement) is bad news for doctors, patients and health care in general. He also proposes remedies.

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