US primary care system in dire need of investment as insurance payments to providers fall

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In a recent article in APHA’s The Nation’s Health, statistics from the Primary Care Collaborative’s State Investment Hub were cited.

“More than a third of states have initiatives on primary care investments, including new spending targets and research to define the breadth of the field’s work, according to the Primary Care Collaborative. In California, for example, state officials recently set a target of 15% investment in primary care by 2034 for all health care payers.”

Check out the full article to learn about the United States’s need for greater investment in primary care.

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