Almost a third of America does not have a primary care doctor

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The numbers are sobering. More than 100 million Americans are estimated to lack a regular primary care provider, while the Association of American Medical Colleges projects a shortage of as many as 40,400 primary care physicians by 2036. Those numbers are often presented as a workforce problem that we will eventually have to solve. From where I sit, however, this is not a future problem. It is already happening in doctors’ offices across the country. I see it every day.

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