Forbes December 18, 2025
The American healthcare system is heading for a collision course that will be felt most acutely by seniors and those caring for them. On one side, we have the unprecedented arc of the Baby Boomer generation, steadily aging into the Medicare system and presenting a new set of healthcare demands. On the other, a rapidly worsening shortage of the very clinicians — specifically, primary care physicians — they need most.
This is a crisis happening now.
As an OB-GYN, I recently saw a patient for temporary primary care because the next available appointment to establish care with a new PCP was in nine months. Patients in their late 60s or 70s with multiple chronic conditions cannot afford to wait nearly...
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