The U.S. Health Care System Isn’t Built for Primary Care

Box checking and perverse incentives undermine the patient/physician relationship.

Government policy and regulation The U.S. Health Care System Isn’t Built for Primary Care by Kyna Fong September 28, 2021 Luis Alvarez/Getty Images Post Post Share Save Get PDF Buy Copies Print Summary . There is broad recognition that primary care can and should play a more central role in U.S. health care — that doing so will improve outcomes and reduce costs. But this will require ... more Leer en español Ler em português Post Post Share Save Get PDF Buy Copies Print There is widespread agreement that the United States must expand and improve primary care in order to achieve better health o

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