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Primary care accounts for more than 35% of U.S. healthcare visits, but only 5% of healthcare spending. To address this gap, a California agency has set a goal for insurers in the state to direct 15% of their spending to primary care by 2034, KFF Health News reported Nov. 21.
Eight details:
- The California Office of Health Care Affordability established a 15% benchmark for primary care spending in October, up from the current 7%. The goal is to strengthen the primary care workforce, which would in turn enhance residents’ access to care and reduce the need for costlier healthcare services in the future.
- “It’s ambitious but achievable,” Elizabeth Landsberg, director of the state’s Department of Health Care Access...
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