NACHC February 28, 2023
Over 100 million Americans face barriers to accessing primary care, according to a new study, Closing the Primary Care Gap: How Community Health Centers Can Address the Nation’s Primary Care Crisis, by NACHC and HealthLandscape at the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). The estimated number of Americans who are medically disenfranchised—at risk of lacking access to primary care due to an inadequate supply in their local community—has nearly doubled since 2014. The insufficient number of primary care providers in the United States poses a serious...