A seat at the table: How primary care shortages are affecting Missouri’s communities

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Physician supply lags behind patient demand nationally and across Missouri.

On April 17, The Beacon spoke virtually with McKenzie Richards, a health care policy fellow from Cicero Institute and Michael Wacker, Senior Associate Dean and Director of the UMKC School of Medicine Regional Medical Campus in St. Joseph, Missouri, about the data, challenges and possible solutions to the primary care shortage in Missouri.

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