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Podcast: Creating a New Healthcare
Episode: Episode #152: The failing health of Primary Care in the U.S. – with Barbra Rabson MPH and Katherine Gergen Barnett MD
Description: Friends,
I began this interview in a fairly calm state of mind, but I was shaken by the end. Throughout our dialogue, I could not help repeating the word ‘startling’ as our two expert guests shared stats on the state of primary care in their home state of Massachusetts and across the country. For example, were you aware that only about 5% of the total healthcare spend in the U.S. is in primary care? That is startling given that the literature repeatedly demonstrates primary care to be the keystone in any effective healthcare system. It is troubling in t...